For decades, China operated under three unspoken “contracts” that kept the system running:
– Economic Contract: The Party delivers growth, the people stay loyal.
– Information Contract: The media exposes problems, the Party fixes them.
– Succession Contract: Peaceful leadership transitions prevent power struggles.
Under Xi, all three have been weakened or broken — creating a much more fragile political system than the one that existed just a decade ago. What happens next for China?
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