Xi's china is as orwellian as any of the Communist regimes have been. They have their own foundational lies that they continue to service like the Soviets did to protect the RBMK reactors of Chernobyl.
They may have directed industry to be smarter about climate and use of alternative energy but they are also massively over extended financially to support a real-estate surplus. They are completely hollowed out by the one-child policy.
They are going to pay for all of that.