Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the U.S. Empire is Collapsing as China’s...

Unfortunately for the Chinese people, Xi is shaking China apart with his paranoia of "western ways", read: "Capitalism" as he learns that large economic fortunes bring with it political power.  That's the reason that "Old Money" in America knew enough to stay as far in the background as possible. "Old Money" shunned ostentatious displays of wealth, driving old cars and wearing outdated fashions so as not to appear to far apart from the general population.  This left them free to enjoy the trappings of their wealth in the privacy of their mansions, estates, and enclaves without the concerns of the ages that the people would eventually be coming for them again as history has shown they have done periodically. "Neuvo Rich" or "new money" doesn't know or care for this scheme and so they repeat the age-old mistakes of the past.

Now Xi sees the newly rich in China and how they attract attention to their every move and utterance and he sees cause to worry that power centers may soon challenge his own, so he has embarked on a campaign to reign in any and all suspected challenges.  One-party systems are notorious for making serious mistakes in the effort to govern.  Few realize that political systems are only an illusion of order allowed to exist by people who feel that such systems are necessary for their survival.  When such systems become so mangled that they no longer permit the populace to enjoy their survival efforts, the people have no choice but to choose chaos until a new order can be contrived.