It is hardly baseless. If the CPC has done well to allow innovation, it is likely because 1)China is enjoying the easy growth of an emerging economy where outsi

It is hardly baseless. If the CPC has done well to allow innovation, it is likely because 1)China is enjoying the easy growth of an emerging economy where outside wealth is willing to pay you to pollute your lands for trinket manufacturing. 2) The party ALLOWED free thinking at Universities, and 3) the party acted under rules of meritocracy. Under the tightening grip of surveillance in China today, and the centralization of power by the president and his "anti-corruption" campaign against the party and businessman, I don't see how innovation will persist. If the president and his party allies get entrenched, then I do not see how the party can stay a meritocracy, and without that meritocracy, I don't see how innovation won't get squashed. Edit: thank you for removing the word baseless.