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Not repeating the cultural revolution is one of the top priorities of the Chinese government now.

>Well, Mao certainly could during the cultural revolution.

Political conditions were very different during the cultural revolution than they are now.

Look at GDP graphs for China, and you can see very clearly when the political upheavals ended and business got a stable, predictable regime to deal with (look at GDP graphs in general, and it quickly becomes clear that stability matters much more than the specifics of the economic or political system)

The Chinese government has demonstrated very clearly over the last few decades that it is more concerned about maintaining economic growth than about maintaining "ideological purity".