From the L.A. Times:The crisis in global capitalism has spelled trouble for the Chinese Communist Party, confronted by public unrest as factories shed workers and investments collapse.
Reporting from Beijing -- The signs of discontent are small but unnerving in an authoritarian country where public demonstrations are not permitted.
Laid-off toy company workers smash windows and computers and overturn police cars in Guangdong province. Employees of a liquor company in Harbin travel to their company's Beijing headquarters to demand back wages. Taxi drivers, as many as 20,000 of them, scuffle with police in protests that have spread into seven provinces.
Even the police have gotten into the act. Auxiliary officers surrounded a Communist Party office last week in Hunan province to demand higher wages, said the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy.
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My Comment: The workers of China have now had the experience of tasting what the good life can bring. In fact .... they expect it. Taking this away from them without giving the population a means to vent their anger will only make the situation worse. If the economic crisis continues .... which it will .... will result with China going through rough times in an environment where it's middle class is not prepared to accept it.