The Chinese Communist Party has a domestic legitimacy deficit, writes WeifengZhong.
people in China still believe in the idea. To fill the void, Chinese leaders have turned to nationalistic sentiment, in which the sense of humiliation and victimhood looms large. Xi’s"Chinese dream," for example, vows for a national rejuvenation from a hundred years of being occupied or invaded by foreign powers. Many post-Soviet states that did not become functioning democracies, such as Russia, Belarus, and Azerbaijan, have gone down a similar path.
The CCP under Xi is not doing well in those regards. The economy grew over 10% per year under Hu Jintao, Xi’s immediate predecessor. This year, it’s struggling to grow even a third of that. While Xi may have made some progress in anti-graft, China is still about as corrupt as Jamaica, South Africa, and Tunisia, and its rich/poor divide remains among the world’s worst.
It doesn’t help either that two other sources of the CCP’s legitimacy are also crumbling under Xi’s watch. Autocracies often go to extra lengths to pretend that they have elections and follow rules. China’s pursuit of this procedural legitimacy is apparent in how the CCP has taken its national congresses seriously — at least until recently. Party tradition used to bar politicians over 68 from entering top leadership, and the military’s presence in the Politburo was minimal.
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