[cripplecreek]

I think the best case scenario is China takes Chia pet out and installs someone more stable in his place.

Yep. Not great but a whole lot better than all the other options. A few years ago I remember seeing an expose on North Korean illegal immigrants in China. In the show they had a disguised Chinese border guard crying over the treatment the North Koreans gave to escapees when china handed them back over. He said the Norks ran a steel hook on a chain right through the hands of the returned prisoners and led them away.

[driftdiver]

That steel hook is the nicest thing which will happen to them.