He's a technocratic robot, which almost all Chinese Politburo members are anyways. I'm somewhat pleasantly surprised by his actions of the past few months. It's strange but true that most westerners who unilaterally vote HP wouldn't be that much different if they were in power.
Maybe not on economic policies in general and foreign policy, but certainly regarding human rights. Personally I would also differ quite a lot on the environment and welfare for the poor, minority policies etc. All in all, I don't believe you are right about this.
But like I said before Hu J. is not the worst of the bastards.