The weaker the civilian leadership has become, the more China has been inclined to discard Deng Xiaoping’s dictum tao guang yang hui (hide brightness, nourish obscurity).
Quanto mais fraca se tornou a liderança civil, mais a China se tem inclinado a rejeitar a máxima de Deng Xiaoping tao guang yang hui (ocultar as ambições e esconder as garras).