“The young aren’t wrong,” Kai said. There was an aggressive and unfamiliar despair in his eyes. “They say we need to change, remove obstacles and purge ourselves. Land reform brought equality but ten years later, it’s already slipping away. It’s obvious things aren’t well in society.” “Purge ourselves of what?” the Professor asked. “Individualism, privilege. The greed that is corrupting our Revolution.” “The Politburo leaders haven’t managed to become socialists,” San Li said. “Why should we?” There was a murmur of nervous laughter which seemed, to Sparrow, to rise from the books themselves.
