This policy is however destined to backfire. As people become better and better educated and still remain in poverty, dramatic things are bound to happen. We have already seen, back in 1989, what can happen when educated people become aware of the flaws of the system and the most common reason why regimes have been overthrown is indeed the dissatisfaction of its people. All in all, we can see a lot of questions concerning the future of the Chinese totalitarian system and it is probably now, in the years after the death of Deng Xiaoping, that the future will be decided. The future of China will also have a profound impact on the rest of the world.
History shows no signs that a totalitarian regime can succeed in carrying out a semi-free policy.
But then again the totalitarian regimes that have fail might not give us a good precedent for how we should judge China. For centuries China has done things its own way and the solutions to the problems will certainly be characterized by Confucianism and other Chinese traditions. And it would not be all too surprising if we in China will see a new type of a modern society. Things that today look strange in the eyes of western people might very well be the truth of tomorrow. This is something that is very important to understand, especially for companies trying to establish them self on one, if not the fastest growing market in the world.