The only way they'll "open up politically" is if you use a nuclear-powered can opener. They're just about as radical and zealous as the Mullahs in Iran—they want communism to take over the world, literally.
China has to open up politically
in this they share the same imperialistic ambition that the KMT had - the Middle Kingdom dominating all.
There is a lot of thought here that is off base.
CDS is alive and well here every day.
The process under way in China is economically driven political evolution. That is, change. The process of change largely is restricted and constrained by old men. As they die, the society evolves in a new direction. The specific outcome is of course unknown.
I don’t think there will be a revolution. I think the new direction after 50 or 75 years will result in a socialist state more like Europe of the present than China of 1965.