Appears the dragon that everyone believes has magical powers and can shoot laser beams out of its arse is just like the rest of us and mortal after all. China's economy may be loosing steam, hence the nationalist rhetoric, sabre rattling and rise of authoritarianism.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/wor...news-for-china
"Chief executive Tim Cook blamed the unforeseen "magnitude of the economic deterioration" in China"