Lin Le received his PhD degree in Government from Cornell University in December, 2023. Before coming to Cornell for doctoral study, Lin Le obtained an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington at Seattle, an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University, and B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Shanghai International Studies University.
He attended a college in China, but his graduate studies are in american universities. At this moment, he must be pretty much part of western academia and the chances of returning to China are slim.
I believe Deng was a true communist, but many denguists, like Jiang deviated too much in the sense they became too obsessed with growth and forget about people.
What Hu and Xi did was to correct the course without letting go the achievements of reform, in a true dialectic way.