Chinas economy is now ruined.
The vast majority of foreign companies have left or are leaving. Same with foreign capital.
Massive unemployment and getting worse. People homeless and in poverty.
The real estate ponzi has collapsed. Banks are in trouble.
The construction boom has turned out to be extremely low quality and tofu dreg constructions everywhere are resulting in things like apartment blocks that are falling over and must be abandoned and destroyed.
The tech companies have been hacked down to size, entire industry sectors simply stopped.
In only a few years the China success story has collapsed entirely.
Perfect conditions for a leader who needs distraction to seek it in war.