but it is also directed by the CPC to a large extent, mainly for political reasons; to draw people's eyes away from the ever-more troubled economy

Its also the same reason why theyre obsessed with being self sufficient and making it known that theyre a threat

They dont want to be bullied by foreigners

tbh the economic problems and contradictions are mounting inside China to such an extent that honestly I think they are a paper tiger

its not going to last

Im curious as to what would happen to China in the future

might be a completely false economic prediction, but I think its going down at some point

Their leader is trying to get rid of term limits

Either China gets its shit together and becomes an actual world power or it collapses

Xi Jinping is already chairman for life

And the government is planning to impose a social credit system along with national public surveillance

10 years later Big Brother is watching

There does exist actually a hardline communist group, underground and banned by the government, which has a membership of about 20,000 people if their numbers are to be believed, which might become violent at some point since they hate everything since Deng Xiaoping

China keeps growing economically anyways

The chinese will only care once they run out of money

And as the economy keeps getting worse and worse - and mind you, the economic growth has been the single legitimising point of the CPC since 1990s - this group may gain traction

see,

China's economy is growing still

but the growth is getting slower and slower

Yeah

the long-term trends are all fucked

Growth has been shrinking since like 2010

yes

nonstop

no matter what the CPC does to artificially prop it up

and they've been pulling all the possible tricks for a decade

and

*its. not. working*

Yeah

And if China collapses so does North Korea

2 birds with one stone

DPRK is a total loose cannon to be honest, it might go on a suicide offensive if China collapses

wouldn't put that past WPK

Just take money from the rich and invest it in the private sector.

Wouldn't be surprised

as long as China is around, it will be a rational actor, but if China collapses I'd say all bets are off

canada's very tense rn

Canada is a joke

doesn't even exist tbh

alberta is protesting trudeau

and threatening to leave the federation