As the slowdown threatens to impede job creation, undermining the prospects of the millions of people moving to China’s cities each year in search of a more prosperous life, the Chinese Communist Party will struggle to maintain the legitimacy of its political monopoly. (More broadly, the weight of China’s problems, together with Russia’s collapse and Venezuela’s 60% inflation, has strained the belief of some that state capitalism trumps market economies.)
陷入严重经济问题的中国可能发生严重的社会和政治动荡。随着减速开始拖累就业创造，每年迁往中国城市的数百万人将更加难以找到优渥的生活，在这样的情况下，中国共产党的政治垄断合法性将受到质疑。（从更广的角度看，中国问题，再加上俄罗斯的崩溃和委内瑞拉的60%的通货膨胀率，将让很多人不再相信国家资本主义优于市场经济。）