[kelhot2001]

I think they were busy with power struggle and 
Ideology and propaganda.

Has alot to do with thinking of China greatness taking back Taiwan and being a global power to dominate all spheres and restore greatness of China.

That is okay but the strange thing is they expect the west to roll over and do nothing...and would whine against every counter move by the US and allies.

While spending alot of effort on bad relations with West, the Chinese economy got mess up pretty bad.

Still I believe it is fixable if the Chinese CCP just get out of the way of Chinese businesses and enterprise....the Chinese spirit of entrepreneurship is just unstoppable just loom at how Alibaba and Tencent emerge from nothing in 10yrs to be global.powerhouse.

As to your last paragraph, I believe this may happen when the People of China realise they are bigger than CCP.

This is dangerous, as it may spell the end of CCP, especially when people learn they can live without CCP.