They haven't successfully gotten rid of their government after Mao took power and made China communist. And what made China powerful was retarded American leaders who thought that allowing China into the WTO and removing tariffs was going to be good for anybody except for greedy corporations that moved their plants and manufacturing over there and are now owned by the Chinese. Of course, the Chinese people don't get to see the profits of their labor but that's what you get when you're ran by communist. Also how are they going to get rid of their government when they don't even have guns? Which most Chinese don't really seem interested in because their wages and quality of living is rising and they're brainwashed.