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So you are basically saying that the cohesion of China is because they are doing better economically these past few decades... and thus people's egos are at an

So you are basically saying that the cohesion of China is because they are doing better economically these past few decades... and thus people's egos are at an all-time high. Thus they support the regime.

baybal2 6y ago
> Thus they support the regime. Ahem... most Chinese can't get more curses for it. Even unranked CPC members, and civil servants quietly hate them. One needs to read a lot of People's Daily to drink this koolaid The few who do almost all are the poor, underachieving, and angry "little pink" flag waving youth, or are the actual accessories to the system.
starfallg 6y ago
Which is not far off the mark. In China there is a pervasive feeling that the reason it is behind in development is due to the Imperialism in the 1800s and the domination of Western powers over China. This developed into some sort of inferiority complex. With economic development they claim that China is no longer the 'sick man of Asia', the shaking off of which imbues them some sort of pride. That pride is the source of support for the CCP, not any inherent properties of the system.