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> The final reason why China is winning is that the trade war has made Mr Xi and the Communist Party stronger, not weaker. I am not so sure of this. The CCP j

> The final reason why China is winning is that the trade war has made Mr Xi and the Communist Party stronger, not weaker. I am not so sure of this. The CCP just had to go through a massive purge [0] on the top, right before elections. This is not an indicator of "stronger" position of a despot. [0] https://apnews.com/article/military-officials-expelled-china-corruption-76d038816f5f5f9df4df05fa87e2e7e5 https://apnews.com/article/military-officials-expelled-china... Overall, I prefer to read articles that are more factual versus this weasel-word salad.

rib3ye 1y ago
It worked for Hitler.
- bluGill 1y ago
  It worked for Stalin too until Hitler attacked Russia and he didn't have generals who knew what they were doing.
palmotea 1y ago
>> The final reason why China is winning is that the trade war has made Mr Xi and the Communist Party stronger, not weaker. > I am not so sure of this. The CCP just had to go through a massive purge [0] on the top, right before elections. This is not an indicator of "stronger" position of a despot. A despot that can pull of a purge is stronger than one who cannot, and purges might be necessary to keep people in line an maintain strength.
dh2022 1y ago
Purges are a product of strength.