How to become a Politician

This is the sequal of Go Fishing. The weather is really not very good...

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At Beijing project, the manager from our client's side is really a strange character. Actually, "manager" is not an accurate description of his position. In the China government environments, there is a strict managerial hieriachy. He is quiet high up.

He is the source of our stress most of the time. He visits the project room from time to time, roaming around and complaining about the product. He would pick up someone likc our project manager or lead consultant to scold, however, not from a contructive point of view, but only to release his anxiety. His complaints are mostly coming from shallow observation, he's not learned anything about the project since the project started a year ago. He is also not techincal enough to give meaningful advise. People under him started to avoid eye contact with him in the project room as well.

He thinks he should have writen the whole system by his team, rather than getting it from a vendor. What makes him most furious is that the decision was not made by him. It was repeatedly evaluated and tested (in other locations) for over 6 years, and the headquarter project was approved by managers above him.

I keep wondering why this type of character could survive this environment filled with people who have excelled the politican games (this is Beijing, afterall). I thought his character is what the communist party would admire. He is basically ignorant (thus consequently loud and scornful because of his insecurity) and full of unjustified confidence. But which managers could endure the face slapping unlimitedly supplied by their subordinates? His managers must be more intellengent than that? The only reasonable explanation is that he will be the scapegoat if project fails. But he is not seeing this coming himself? Hard to believe.