From Yahoo News/Reuters:BEIJING (Reuters) – China risks a wave of protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent among migrant workers and university graduates, a state-run magazine has said in one of the bluntest alarms yet of rising unrest.
The warning was published in this week's Outlook (Liaowang) Magazine, issued by the official Xinhua news agency, which laid out the hazards facing China and its ruling Communist Party as growth slows amid global financial turmoil.
"Without doubt, now we're entering a peak period for mass incidents," a Xinhua reporter, Huang Huo, told the magazine, using the official euphemism for riots, protests and demonstrations.
"In 2009, Chinese society may face even more conflicts and clashes that will test even more the governing abilities of all levels of the Party and government."
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My Comment: The Chinese .... as a people .... are very resilient. They are going to survive this rough spell.