Xi has lost the “Mandate of Heaven”.
“The ancient god or divine force known as Heaven or Sky had selected this particular individual to rule on its behalf on earth. An important element of the mandate was that although the ruler had been given great power he also had a moral obligation to use it for the good of his people, if he did not then his state would suffer terrible disasters and he would lose the right to govern.”
https://www.worldhistory.org/Mandate_of_Heaven/
Yep.
“ Xi has lost the “Mandate of Heaven”.”
Yes, but Xi never really had it.
Mao had it. Hua Guofeng did not.
Deng did.
Jiang and Hu did not, but had an authority bestowed by Deng.
After them, it’s open season.
Xi is trying to get it, but failing.
Somebody said that Communist regimes last for at most around 75 years (three generations). Russia did, and that would put China on line to replace the system in this decade and Cuba in the next.
But I’m more skeptical. The Soviet Union collapsed because it couldn’t provide the consumer goods people craved. China doesn’t have that problem. Russians turned out to be more Western than the Communists assumed. China may not have that problem either.
And after, our government lost the “Mandate of Heaven” at some point and it’s still around.