China and Poverty

I haven't ever been jealous of other people's possessions, houses, cars etc. I am fortunate that I have always had a little money, which, to me, is essential and is much like oxygen. One does not need a lot, but enough to live with.
I think in any world recession/depression the problem is that a great majority of folk will not have enough, whilst those who have plenty will still demand plenty, and even more.
This is when it will get nasty, and, for good reason.
When you look back a little time, at what was called the Arab Spring, where many countries demonstrated and rebelled against their governments, it was not because of a high calling to American democracy or even representation, it was simply that as money got tight, the ruling class still had to have their growing share...and took it, and the rest of the people had, really, no food.
When you look back further at, say, the Tiananmen rebellion in China, in the capital, Beijing, it wasn't about a rising need for democracy at all, no matter how the West paints that time. It was simply that the price of cooking oil became too high for people to afford, and the huge money went into the pockets of corrupt folk in both government and emerging private industry.
I think the Chinese have learned well that people must be considered in any social equation. The Chinese people remain capable of the biggest bloodiest most horrific revolution ever, anytime, and one that has no endpoint and no resolution, one that would pretty well doom the world back to the stone age, unless the needs of people are considered. I'm sure the government of China is well aware of this. Because of this at-home awareness of consequences, I expect China and the people of China, will do okay in these darkening times.