After thefounding of new China in 1949 the Vatican issued papal encyclicals several times instigating hatred against the new people'spolitical power among the converts.
The danger for the Vatican is that the furor risks overshadowing what others see as Benedict's real legacy to the church: his teaching and writings, including three papalencyclicals.
His intellectual legacy includes three encyclicals long, densely argued papal statements that make unfashionable assertions about the some of the big concerns of modern times.