Part of the problem for the Chinese government is that in a little more than a century, the country has been through 4 quite different political and economic sy

Part of the problem for the Chinese government is that in a little more than a century, the country has been through 4 quite different political and economic systems. There was traditional Confucianism, then the Western-inspired Nationalist regime, then Maoism,and then the more moderate era that started under Dung Jao Ping. And now Xi is creating a new, more authoritarian system. As a result the population has no real loyalty to the political system, it just keeps its head down and tries to do as well as it can. And so it will free free to revolt if it gets unhappy enough.