[whatshisface]

Desperately trying to keep stability isn't evidence of stability, it's evidence that the leadership thinks they aren't stable.

[Lambdanaut]

The only thing in your statement that provides evidence of instability is your arbitrary inclusion of the adjective "desperately" to describe China's actions.

All governments work towards stability in their own ways. I don't see desperation in Chinese strategy, but I do see a lot of energy.

[whatshisface]

>I do see a lot of energy

You are free to use any word to describe it, you could also call it "expense." China is spending time and energy on suppressing dissent proportional to their fear of their own people. The CCP has decided that the risk of being deposed is high enough to justify the cost and effort required to implement all of those nightmarish schemes.

[gpvos]

Unfortunately, it does seem to work.

[muzani]

Logic may not be sound. A factory owner invests in lowering costs. It doesn't mean that costs aren't already low.

China is investing in increased stability. US assumes they are very stable and thus takes on a lot of destabilizing actions.

So a lot of people deduce that China will be more stable than USA in N years.