Mostly the same as post-election 2016. China tried to find other ways to fund their government. The Chinese economy began to tank as the property bubble busted. Their foreign anti-west rhetoric worsened. Xi Jinping and all the Communist Politburo members of China were increasingly worried. As Jade Movement For the rest of the year, in the war, little changed. A few countries allied with China formed the Eastern Alliance. China lost control of the Aleutian Islands in late May but some islands remained in their control as late as September and October.