Is something going on in China?

Not sure but Xi is the worst ever.
He shoots every messenger.
Any one with brains that goes against him gets killed.
Chinas vaccines are trash.
Their demographics are the worst in the world, and next is Germany.
Their wage are skyrocketing, their property market is collapsing.
They have 350 million in partial or full covid lockdown.
Their pig population continues to die.
They had to ban rice exports.
West African crude that used to go to China is is now going to go to Europe.
So now to replace that they need Russian crude that has to go around the horn of Africa.
China is in deep trouble.
Good, F*ck their leader but still feel bad for their people.
 
I am wondering if a coup is possible at this point. The problem with Xi (and Putin) is that he created his own cult of personality. Xi has suppressed any dissent by force by ultimately imprisoning or assassinating his foes within the CCP. This produces a group-think mentality where there is no new ideas or innovation. Anyone with new and good ideas is afraid they will get shot or imprisoned. Sadly, a strong police force, state-controlled media, and modern technology (for example China's social credit scoring) keep the population under control. The way China is trying to control covid with draconian lockdowns makes no sense other than that is what Xi wants.
 
Agree but Xi would only be replaced by another tyrant supported by the communist party.

I don't even know how you define communist these days. The communist countries today, as for most of their history, are just single party systems supporting a dictator. North Korean isn't even that, it's just a family cult dictatorship.
 
I don't even know how you define communist these days. The communist countries today, as for most of their history, are just single party systems supporting a dictator. North Korean isn't even that, it's just a family cult dictatorship.
One party rule even if it starts out with noble intent ends up as authoritarian rule because we are all human we can't help ourselves.
 
Yeah I guess it's possible the politburo has kicked out Xi. The Communist Party isn't going anywhere.
Communists have no issue killing their own people to stay in power - it's part of the playbook. Xi can try to stay in power but the CCP will do what's necessary to control the masses and if Xi has lost the confidence of the people and party then he gone. Who knows what's really happening there if there are reports coming out of India they may be worth paying attention to.
 
Communists have no issue killing their own people to stay in power - it's part of the playbook. Xi can try to stay in power but the CCP will do what's necessary to control the masses and if Xi has lost the confidence of the people and party then he gone. Who knows what's really happening there if there are reports coming out of India they may be worth paying attention to.
I wouldn't listen to much India has to say about China.
 

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