Interesting phrasing:

«…the events in China will change Xi and the CCP, who will prefer to be in power in a China that is not a superpower rather than out of power in Superpower China.

Having said this, the fact is that China remains a mighty nation. Its leaders believe that they can still conquer the sun.»

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/chinas-100-year-marathon-towards-global-domination-out/

Seems like a pretty cogent essay by a retired Indian general who is now an aerospace prof at IIT, India’s analogue of MIT.