This will be the nightmare at the back of Chinese minds. There is a well-known Chinese saying of "May you live in interesting times", where interesting times means civil war, famine, popular uprising and/or natural disaster. Anything which may lead the population to rise up against whoever is in power.
Keeping the populace employed keeps them fed and occupied so less likely to rise up. The last thing the CCP wants is large numbers of factory and other workers being laid off, getting bored, hungry and generally pissed off.
China has lasted for centuries.. it's had it's ups and downs, last century, the 20th was extremely turbulent,, Mao Zedong, the Gang of Four, the Red guards etc then, for the last 35 years since Tiananmen Square it has become a prosperous nation, feeding 1.2 BILLION citizens 3 times a day. ....which, it has to be admitted , the USA would let people starve.. lots do, and homeless to boot. Many of them veterans of the many many wars the USA indulges it's weaponry industry with terrific extravagance .
The USA could not even resist fighting among themselves, and killing policemen in the House of the People in Washington over an entirely made up scenario...
There will be no nightmare for the Chinese.. they have 7.3 billion customers to sell stuff to, The USA as of this morning, has but 4 export countries to sell to... . Israel, maybe Hungary, and possibly Saudi Arabia.. and Russia, whose products are left on the shelf in any developed nation..
Not even caviar can do it. Historically, caviar came from the Caspian and Black Sea, although now caviar is harvested around the world. Wild caviar has been over-farmed over the course of hundreds of years, and for that reason farmed caviar is increasingly common — and popular.
Even Australia produces caviar....http://www.deluxecaviar.com.au/
