In the beginning it was "agrarian" reform today it's "socialism with Chinese characteristics." In between there have been tens of millions of deaths wrought by Red China's masters and modern mandarins.
It's always been about the Party. Today the Dengist control the Party.
The memory of runaway inflation -- more than events on the battlefield what defeated the Chiang Kai-shek government in its civil war with the Communists -- hovers and any currency manipulation would set off panic.
There are the pesky similarities of corruption and the appearance of too much foreign influence -- there are new problems of environmental destruction, factory deaths and injury, counterfeiting that kills, mass population displacement to make room for projects like dams, and all the factors listed in the article.
How much longer can it last?