What works for China works for China. This isn’t going to work for the U.S., or any other Western country. In China falling on the sword for the sake of the people is romanticized. There are many tales and anecdotes that involve such. China have the population structure that historically they could pull it off. They are crowded enough as a country that they the can keep that up for long enough that “in the long run we’re all dead” applies. None of these things apply to the U.S. and the powers-that-be need to do better for themselves.
I understand why China does what China does. I'm making a joke about the US making policies that are very similar to "Communist China." There the same thing just different brand.
