[weikel]

China's government will not be toppled by the rural mob. The PLA officier corps is completely loyal to the memory of Deng Xiaoping( a very unfairly maligned guy on FR, he was a good cold war ally and he really turned China around) and will back whoever they consider his legitimate heir. The unemployed will not be able to topple the Government under such a circumstance, if there is an attempted revolt for every unit which joins with the rebels there will be 4 or 5 which remain loyal.

[Tallguy]

I'm not suggesting that the rural chinese are opposed to the current regime in China, quite the opposite. It was not Beijing-based army units that put down the Tienanmen Square demonstration. The Chinese politburo has got to ride that particular Tiger (the unemployed rural migrants) or they will be adopted by a rival political movement. I think that this is the reason for the crackdown on the Faulong Gong movement.