Chinese are a pragmatic people. If they have jobs, getting paid well, and their standard of living improves constantly, they will love and support their government, no matter the political ideology. and this is exactly what is happening in China. If fact, because of this, in some ways China is even more successful politically than the United States or democracy.
After the spanish american war, the united states took a more global attack for control and went on attacking several spanish countries in persuit of global democracy.