If economic growth became unachievable (due to marginal decreasing returns), Xi's shift to alternative sources of legitimacy (anti-poverty, anti-corruption campaigns that people welcomed initially) would be a rational strategic choice, not a destructive error.
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Yuan FoleyEvidence Quote
“what if right she was very smart actually he was you know he knew that he knew that he cannot uh have K girl anymore and then he knows that the legitimacy of the party really comes from something he has to do something else when GDP stopped growing”
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Critical Issues Confronting China - Professor Yasheng Huang - November 29, 2023— Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies | Harvard UniversityCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:31:52 AM
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