Delicious irony. Though I doubt China won't be able to deal with them with the help of several to several thousand strategic disappearings.
The politburo seems to play favorites with capitalism when there is rapid economic and military expansion. It'd be interesting to see how that sentiment changes/changed in a recession.
A different lens to view this through is Deng Xiaoping used SEZ to subvert Mao's communist model and steer it back towards capitalism. "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." Deng endured severe personal suffering to deliver his vision. Unfortunately Xi is rewinding much of Deng's progress.