I believe we're seeing yet another example of an ossified and hierarchal Chinese Communist Party struggling to maintain control over real or imagined internal t

I believe we're seeing yet another example of an ossified and hierarchal Chinese Communist Party struggling to maintain control over real or imagined internal threats. Under the CCP, the "rights" pendulum swings wildly for society and the economy, alternating between openness and crackdowns. Some policies seem well thought out, and then you have edicts which seem impulsive and extreme with little regard to long-term consequences or the impact on China's people. 100 flowers/Great Leap Forward. Cultural Revolution/Deng reforms. Tiananmen/hypernationalism. Tech has enjoyed a relatively open hand for two decades. Now the fist is closed and comes smashing down.