How can you be so naive as to state that a dictatorship is a "strong" government? Having one man and his clique at the helm is extreme weakness. Any strength the government may have at any time is wholly incidental, not structural or systemic like what a well-functioning democracy of the people for the people produces. In many way the current state of governance in China is worse than what an established hereditary monarchy would provide. Any way this all will be tested soon enough.