Freilich hatte diese forcierte Entwicklung Chinas von einem Entwicklungsland hin zur führenden Industrienation des 21. Jahrhunderts auch ihre Schattenseiten: unter den kommunistischen Funktionären explodierte eine maßlose Korruption, und die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich erreichte unter der Herrschaft der KP skandalöse Dimensionen.
Moreover, the CPC leadership has already recognized that something needed to be done about the corrosive corruption, the scandalous distribution of wealth, the confrontation with America that started during Donald Trump’s presidency, and the increasing power of the country’s private sector. Successful entrepreneurs such as Jack Ma, the co-founder of the Alibaba Group, were gaining too much influence (from the CPC’s perspective) and becoming too dependent on the US capital market.