I'm not sure what privacy has to do with any of this? You're right that nothing is a given and the tide could turn against China however there is a given preced

I'm not sure what privacy has to do with any of this? You're right that nothing is a given and the tide could turn against China however there is a given precedence for stagnation due to inability to make decisions quickly or at all (as is happening in the US with the hyper-polarization of politics). This was one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire.