The Communists do not have the luxury of that option. Much of China is still as poor as they were forty years ago. China will be forced to increase welfare to offset the job losses. They have to keep their people calm.
Alternatively, China could go on the war path to repurpose and keep all those fighting age males pointed away from the CCP...
Yes, they could also do that.
They could go Afghanistan to Turkmenistan and secure a much needed supply of Caspian oil.
Not a lot standing in their way.
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