> The existence of democracies, especially Taiwan, threatens Xi and the CCP's legitimacy. Has nothing to do with democracy. Taiwan could be a monarchy or commu

> The existence of democracies, especially Taiwan, threatens Xi and the CCP's legitimacy. Has nothing to do with democracy. Taiwan could be a monarchy or communist and nothing changes. It's about national territorial integrity. > When the people of China compare their lives with those of other nations, they see democracies having something they want and cannot have. Chinese people envy democracies like ukraine? Or russia? You think the chinese want to be like the philippines? Most of the world's poorest and underdeveloped countries are democracies. I highly doubt that's what the chinese aspire to. > There has been an implicit agreement between the people & gov't, which allows the limitation of civil liberties in exchange for rapid progress in modernization and elimination of poverty. As that effort runs out of steam, and the economic system becomes stressed, the agreement begins to break down. One may also note how Jack Ma was reigned in as another thread of the agreement being changed unilaterally by the gov't. Jack Ma? You watch too many silly youtube videos.