Obviously the intraparty bickering is just as in any other country, but imho it's fairly true that, not having to trouble themselves too much with popular opini

Obviously the intraparty bickering is just as in any other country, but imho it's fairly true that, not having to trouble themselves too much with popular opinion, Chinese leaders tend to push for long-term projects with more abandon than the average Western politician. Deng's pivoting, their moves in Africa, the "new Silk Road" / Belt and Road initiative, the artificial islands in the Straits - the horizon of these projects goes beyond the next (fixed) election, in a way that we don't really see anymore in the West. That doesn't mean these projects are "better", that there is no (massive) corruption, that it's a preferable governance model (fuck no), etc etc.