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to a point... enough economic pressure will eventually trigger revolution... or can at least make it very unpleasant for the government to continue it's ridiculous position



How is that working out with Cuba?


> eventually trigger revolution.

These are the Chinese we're talking about..


The government is corrupt enough that they might as well could trigger a revolution themselves someday. Interference from us would hardly matter.


If anything, interference in Chinese domestic matters would solidify the ruling oligarchy's dominance.


Just a few to note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Revolution


Anyone starting a revolution now would technically be labelled as a counter-revolutionary (this is the terminology they use at least).


>These are the Chinese we're talking about..

Is this supposed to mean that the Chinese are too tame and subservient?

They already had a huge communist revolution -- and two more revolutions in the last 120 years (the Boxer and the Hsin-hai Revolution). Even the last 2-3 decades, they had massive strikes and struggles, and the Tien-An Men square thing.


The economic pressure has to be on the people in power, not the man on the street. I doubt those in power are suffering.




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