The swift and unexpected regulatory crackdowns taking place in China, on everything from private tutoring to online gaming, have roiled global equity markets and led some to question whether President Xi Jinping is stoking a second Cultural Revolution. Rather than a return to Maoist economics, however, the recent regulatory storm is better understood as an effort to consolidate popular support through a largely superficial campaign to reduce inequality. The Chinese leadership will need to be far
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