[re-thc]

> Unfortunately, dictators don't care much about damage to it's economy as long as they continue to be in power.

It's not a dictator issue. The stock markets have been crashing lately due to "non-dictators".

> Even if a million people dies, Xi would still be considered a hero by most chinese people if he took back Taiwan.

I doubt most Chinese people care. They have better things to worry about these days e.g. crashing real estate.

[rob74]

It remains to be seen if the person I think you are referring to is a non-dictator. He said he would be a "dictator on day one", and he sure was, but then he somehow forgot to revert to non-dictator mode...

Regarding "crashing real estate": actually, most other countries would love to have built enough to bring down real estate prices. Being able to afford a place to live is good for most people! But of course, investing in real estate makes you interested into increasing the value of your property, so you're now incentivized to stop more real estate being built (and also to stop anything else that might decrease the value of your property - thus NIMBYism).