The Irony is that the Han Chinese at one time had an amazing form of government.
Anyone could rise to be emperor in the Han empire. From a slave, to a peasant, a man, woman, it did not matter.

The only thing, THE ONLY THING, the Han respected was merit.
Everything was earned to them.

It is sad to see them fall so far from where they once began, down into a dictatorship ran by a fat tired old boomer who refuses to pass the torch to his own sons.
Xi would not be able to win an election in his own nation. He has to command "power" using force against unarmed slaves and peasants.
Nice "power" Xi.
Sad. Extremely sad.