I feel there are rising tensions in China between their pseudo-free market and their apparent attempts at controlling and micro-managing the lives of their peop

I feel there are rising tensions in China between their pseudo-free market and their apparent attempts at controlling and micro-managing the lives of their people. It would seem the rise of their consumer economy would also give rise to a demand for more freedom on a day to day basis to allow for innovation. It's interesting to see China going simultaneously in both contradicting directions.