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Chinese government faces internal threats to its dictatorship so likely they won't back down, the old divide and rule trick, same as george bush, blair and howard tried to pull, once again maybe that gets played out yet again
You forgot to mention Whitlam in that. Hawke thought he had it but Keating did him in, took a bit of time. As happened to Rudd with Juliar (she learnt to do it quickly) and then back again - he learnt very quickly.
The one thing I do like about the US voting system (which our system is based on) is that the President is voted in by the people, not the party after the votes have been counted.