Despite Party 's calls to `` speak with one voice , '' dissenting ideas , differences being voiced . Although the sacking of the Chongqing leader -- in the wake of a murder investigation that implicated him and his wife -- revealed the startling degree of widespread corruption and abuse of power among high-ranking leaders , it also exposed the intense struggle among various ideologies of China 's leaders and intellectual elites . " The party is not a democracy and the people aren't voting for their own interests but rather those of the ruling class. Dominating the debates are the neoliberals and neo-Maoists who occupy the leadership . Neo-liberals see free market , democracy as universal ; Wang Yang represents them , Lu says . Bo , tipped for Standing Committee until his fall , neo-Maoists touted `` common wealth ''
Despite Party 's calls to `` speak with one voice , '' dissenting ideas , differences being voiced . " The party is not a democracy and the people aren't voting for their own interests but rather those of the ruling class. Dominating the debates are the neoliberals and neo-Maoists who occupy the leadership . Neo-liberals see free market , democracy as universal ; Wang Yang represents them , Lu says . Bo , tipped for Standing Committee until his fall , neo-Maoists touted `` common wealth ''