How Stable is China?

I put that question to a political scientist here, an expatriate North American who speaks fluent Chinese.

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I put that question to a political scientist here, an expatriate North American who speaks fluent Chinese. "Never forget that the Chinese state laid off 65 million workers from state-owned industries between 1994 and 2000," he answered. "So if the Chinese were going to rebel, you have to ask why they didn't rebel then."