I think the only way China doesn't survive is if somehow we get a non-nuclear WW3 and China is on the losing side. Even then they would survive unless the winning side breaks them up into dozens of countries. Think USSR losing the Cold War.
Other than that, the CCP could fall but another authoritarian government would take over without missing a beat. Most of the billion+ people wouldn't even know the difference. And how could they? They've been censored for pretty much all of their lives. Even if there are uprisings in major cities, they will just be crushed because the rest of the Chinese are pretty much farmers working the fields, or other manual labor depending on their locality. Those people don't know freedom, they probably either don't have a computer or have never been online, and their families have survived for centuries by keeping their heads down and minding their own business.
I think the only way China doesn't survive is if somehow we get a non-nuclear WW3 and China is on the losing side. Even then they would survive unless the winning side breaks them up into dozens of countries. Think USSR losing the Cold War.
Other than that, the CCP could fall but another authoritarian government would take over without missing a beat. Most of the billion+ people wouldn't even know the difference. And how could they? They've been censored for pretty much all of their lives. Even if there are uprisings in major cities, they will just be crushed because the rest of the Chinese are pretty much farmers working the fields, or other manual labor depending on their locality. Those people don't know freedom, they probably either don't have a computer or have never been online, and their families have survived for centuries by keeping their heads down and minding their own business.
China is USSR, but 40 years behind.