Which doesn't matter a whit. Neither Human Nature nor China have been banished from the Earth. Sooner or later, the Chinese will solve their problems in the Chinese way.
Exactly. He is wearing a Tsar-shaped hole into the hearts of Russians and the State itself. Just like the problems of China require Chinese solutions, the problems of Russia require Russian solutions.
Human nature does not change.
That does not even remotely mean that cultures are eternal or unchanging.
Let's take Russia. It hasn't been ruled by the Tsar since before 1920, which means there isn't a single living person in Russia with memory of what living under the Tsar is actually
like. They do have plenty of memory of various strong men leaders, and a very corrupt democracy in the 1990's.
Why would these people feel the particular need of a Tsar? Especially when there's what, one or two Tsars total in the entirety of Russian history who are looked upon favorably in regards to doing well by the common Russian people?
Now, it's entirely possible that someone who has strong charisma and is very sharp could run a PR/Propaganda campaign that heavily focuses around Tsar Peter, but that's a
possibility, not some kind of inevitable thing that Putin is building towards. More likely, we'll either see another strong man replace him, or the current political system in Russia collapsing completely, after which who knows what will come out?
Certainly something in accordance with human nature, but Imperial Tsardom is not the only option there.
Then let's look at China. The 'Chinese way' of solving things?
China of which century? Of which dynasty? Qing? Ming? Zhou? Kuomintang? Maoist?
The culture changed over time, and while many common threads remained, not all of them did. And of course, Mao deliberately shattered a great deal of cultural continuity from the past, particularly of note destroying the bureaucracy that had managed the nation for thousands of years. Of course, he didn't manage to destroy
everything, but decades of brutal totalitarian rule and millions dead certainly resulted in substantial changes to the culture.
Just look at the institutional and cultural differences between mainland China and Taiwan!
So, what 'Chinese way?' are you referring to? Because there's a great variety of them.