Like I said before though, we need not suggest a new directional path for China, only that they keep on moving on the road that is there already.
What do you have to say about the resistance to such things?
It has been widespread in Chinese publication for almost 50 years. However, there is no official, historic record supporting this story.
>>He predicted that, by the third or fourth generation, party leaders would lose their communist zeal and gradually change colour,
This is one of the reasos Mao started the cultural revolution,
>>No doubt there are still some in the party today who consider that Deng had paved the way for peaceful evolution in China with his economic reforms.
No doubt. I believe even Deng himself knew that he opened the door for the peaceful evolution. What he tried to do was to prevent it from happening before he was about to see Marx.
>>Like I said before though, we need not suggest a new directional path for China, only that they keep on moving on the road that is there already.
China is moving towards that. The only threat that may hinder the move is the problem of internal stability or threat to national security or integrity from the outside, like Taiwan declaring independence.
>>What do you have to say about the resistance to such things?
The resistance will be from all walks of life all all kids of reasons. The most dangerous move will be the radical westernization like what Zhao Ziyang's associates did over ten years ago. Also a multi-party system can not gain popularity among the party members. The practical way to establish a democratic system in China is to make the CCP itself a democratic party with factions representing different groups of interests. The competing factions within the ruling party can function just as well as competing parties. Advocating multi-party system will not succeed.