Few scholarly observers of Chinese politics today woulddisagree with A. James Gregor's assessment that "littleremains of the Marxism of Communist China" (p. 215) otherthan its use as an ideological subterfuge by the ruling party tobolster its claim to a monopoly on political power in thatcountry. But few would agree with the central thesis of thisbook that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is bestclassified by scholars and responded to by Western policy-makers as "a variant of contemporary fascism" (p. 166).