Here is a few hard truths about China in the 21st century:

1) The only thing communist about China is the name of the ruling party.

That's right. China long since shed any semblance of socialism or communism. It is, in fact, very nearly a state run as a corporation. The best way of describing China is as a Totalitarian Capitalist state.

2) The CCP is not going anywhere.

Unless this depression stretches into a decade long affair the CCP isn't about to be overthrown or to stand aside. It is, in fact, stronger today than it was twenty years ago. There is really no actual pressure applied by other nations against the totalitarianism of the CCP. They can't apply the pressure to China because they depend on China to be the world's factory; low labour standards and poor environmental regulations are all that have allowed Capitalism to continue to function.