this just isn't entirely true, you're only being fed negatives of china, hyper inflated under the microscope of scrutiny. while the people do protest in china, the govt also listens. there's a reason they've kept it together for so long, no matter how much people wish it to fail. there is no comparison to the cultural revolution times, that's a ridiculous statement to make and completely ahistorical. the contradictions under those times were of a population boom and an industrial boom counteracted with widespread famines and other issues. the stability of china now isn't even comparable to the stability of it then.