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I am not saying it is good or bad. I am simply saying that portraying the Chinese government as a monolithic entity which moves in an easily predictable fashion is not a good idea. The country and government is vast. Perhaps near Mao's old hometown the government officials still behave like the old fashioned party members of yesteryear but most of the coutry is not like that. Talking about the Chinese in sweeping generalities is like talking about Americans in sweeping generalities. It will mostly lead to incorrect conclusions.

... am simply saying that portraying the Chinese government as a monolithic entity which moves in an easily predictable fashion is not a good idea.

Governments are all about setting uniform objectives, and rules, and .... laws. Vastness is irrelevant unless your contention is that their government is incompetent. Then you have to explain how such 'incompetents' are doing exactly what they have set out to accomplish. And Not uncoincidentally, the PRC communists control the PLA. The PLA has made clear what the PRC's ultimate objectives and policies are. And there is no sign of any loss of control there...You DO Recall the Tiannamen Massacre, don't you?