> The Party wouldn't lose any support even if a few million people died. Historically, famine has been a very common precursor of dynastic change in China. Fam

> The Party wouldn't lose any support even if a few million people died. Historically, famine has been a very common precursor of dynastic change in China. Famines are often interpreted as the current regime having lost what Mencius (孟子) called the "Mandate of Heaven" (天命).