What are the narratives of the China Dream?

To perpetuate its rule, the Chinese Communist Party has constructed a grand narrative that is founded on three critical claims: Only the Communist Party can continue to improve citizen’s standard of living only the party can maintain a stable, unified country and construct a happy, harmonious society; and only the party can affect the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which stresses a firm command of core interests and increasing global respect. China faces numerous internal tensions, especially a class-divided populace that have erupted within one generation. Moreover, an increasingly complex society can fracture along multiple fault lines. Pollution, corruption, healthcare, housing, migrant workers, workers’ wages, social cynicism, changing values, among other raging issues, threaten to fragment society — and all are exacerbated by an energetic social media. Only nationalism, which resonates intrinsically and passionately across Chinese society, can provide the sufficiently strong social glue. Economic growth rates must decline, and a host of domestic tensions are coming his way, such as public anger at corruption and resistance to pollution.

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