The Coming Collapse of Chinese Communism

A story that will gladden the heart of Gordon G. Chang runs in the Financial Times this morning, as eyebrows are being raised over the future of Chinese Communism - such as is it - at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

A more significant change for an institution founded to enforce ideological purity is its relatively new role as an intellectual free-fire zone, where almost nothing is off-limits for discussion. “We just had a seminar with a big group of very influential party members and they were asking us how long we think the party will be in charge and what we have planned for when it collapses,” says one Party School professor who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to foreign media. “To be honest, this is a question that everyone in China is asking but I’m afraid it is very difficult to answer.”

The blossoming Chinese middle class are a much different breed than the founding fathers of the People's Republic, with disposable incomes and a penchant for western "luxury goods".  The growing number of Chinese officials that have offshore bank accounts and property is a clear sign that they are ready to "bolt at a moment's notice", ready to leg it to another country should the system show signs of crumbling.

Gordon G. Chang: Does China Need a "Jin Ping The Great"?

Still predicting the fall of China several years on from the book that made his name Gordon G. Chang writes more about why China will never be awesome.  Again.

Xi’s changes have been noticeable. Chinese officials no longer talk about “harmony,” the theme of Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao. They now lavishly praise Xi’s “China Dream.” Beijing is big on show campaigns, like the one against displays of official extravagance. Disturbingly, Xi has been responsible for a resurgence of Maoist imagery. Cadres these days are fond of talking about the “mass line,” for instance. The crackdown on human rights has intensified, and the atmosphere at this moment is even worse than it was during the dismal years over which Hu presided. And Xi has played to the military, allowing flag officers to engage in a series of provocations against China’s neighbors to the south and east, especially India, the Philippines, and Japan.

That Deng presided over sweeping reforms and civil liberties simply isn't true. Deng approved the military action in Tienanmen Square in 1989, and that there wasn't really much of a "reform and opening up", the CCP just stopped interfering with people's lives so damn much.

Related articles

• China Headed for Economic Collapse in 6 Months and Here's Why!


• It's America Versus China in Africa


• Is Democracy's Sun Setting?


• Psychological Traces of China's Socio-Economic Reforms in the Ultimatum and Dictator Games