2012年中共十八大召开后不久，据说托克维尔写于1856年的著作《旧制度与大革命》成为中共高级干部的“必读书 ” 。
Shortly after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, it was reported that Alexis de Tocqueville’s The Old Regime and the Revolution, written in 1856, had become a “must-read” for senior CCP cadres.