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The party has total power and is designed to keep wealth and power in the hands of its own "red aristocracy". It is totally corrupt.
Succession to power is handled mainly by accusations of corruption. Such accusations normally lead to loss of position, imprisonment or death. Most people are corrupt so it's easy enough to find targets. There are laws but they are vague and flexible. If the accused is not really corrupt, the required story can be invented.
Private business is permitted because it's needed. State operations are inherently inefficient, and the party knows that (without being able to admit it). Opportunities to do business (permits, contracts) are sold, not officially but through a back door of schmoozing , bribery, and other forms of corruption.
So non-Party wealth and influence is periodically clipped like roses in a garden
When a business leader begins to threaten the Party's power in any way, they are removed.
Mao ground the country, its people, its resources, beneath his heel. Deng opened the door to the system as described above.… (mehr)