One interesting thing is how much of a foil the US is to China and how it acts as a legitimizer. Whatever failings the CPC has, they can point to American gover

One interesting thing is how much of a foil the US is to China and how it acts as a legitimizer. Whatever failings the CPC has, they can point to American government and make plausible claims that at least they aren't that incompetent. And no one's heard of any evidence to the contrary.