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Historically, autocracies rarely end well. Even the USSR’s dissolution led to a decade of chaos. In any case, can you tell me how the people will remove Xi if they ever become unhappy with him? I mean, peacefully of course. China has no choice to keep pumping their economy. Even a mild recession could lead to really bad things.
> In any case, can you tell me how the people will remove Xi if they ever become unhappy with him? Xi answers to the communist party. The communist party is more invested in staying in power than keeping Xi in office. Every five years the National Congress of the Communist Party of China convenes, which selects the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee, and has the authority to chan…
On any given day, there are a few hundred protests in China; eg some migrant workers didn’t get paid. Your question is not hypothetical.