By a mighty hack of his sword, Alexander the Great, cut through the Gordian knot thus fixing his destiny as eventual Lord of Asia. China's domestic and foreign policies appear to be full of contradictions.
Much confusion reigns among China watchers and analysts.
Trying to unravel China's sometimes contradictory and conflicting policies and actions without understanding their ideology is fruitless and confusing however. Furthermore, it is naive to think that the Chinese worldview is the same as ours. There you have it. The Marxist dialectic is the key, the sword to slicing through the Gordian knot mystery surrounding China. Let me explain why.