> China's collectivist unity allows them to continue to reorient as things continue to change and evolve at a rapid pace. The trouble with authoritarian govern

> China's collectivist unity allows them to continue to reorient as things continue to change and evolve at a rapid pace. The trouble with authoritarian governments is that they depend on competence in the authority. Xi is 73 now. Single party states in general, and communist China in particular, don't have a stellar track record of handling power transfers gracefully.