I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply.
I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.