It’s hilarious that capitalist rags like the economist want their lib readers to fear Xi by making him out to be some authoritarian conservative.
Also funny: central government wants local governments to invest in good toilets, the gall! How dare they support improving public services! 
If I don’t frame them as evil patriarchs, how will my lib readers learn to hate anything to the left of them?
Thanks for the source, I’ll give it a read