According to the official, this shows that in China, too, public opinion has become an important consideration. Behind this lies China's economic and social pluralization. Criticisms against the government's weak attitude and against the United States exploded on the Internet. Still, this is state-controlled pluralism. Demonstrators were not allowed to take to the streets.
Pluralization can lead to democratization and democracy.
At the same time, it can provoke nationalism. In this case, it is a kind of state-controlled nationalism. Up to now, the Chinese Communist Party has been wary about nationalism when it takes root in Chinese culture and tradition, seeing it as conservativethinking that undermines communist ideology. The scary thing about nationalism is that it can easily lead to extreme nationalism directed at potential enemies. But the opposite does not hold true.