They "pull through" because they're a nation of slaves who can't do much else, but that doesn't mean things are running smooth or easy; they're lashing out in many different ways. Employees at multiple companies hadn't paid their employees in MONTHS. They set the factories on fire!

There's many other examples of so-called "protests against society." The point is this: they're in no position to "take over the world" as their news media -- and ours -- like to project. China is barely surviving, not thriving. That's the point!