[cricket]

"Remember, in their estimation, they are the enlightened ones (Zhong Guo = middle kingdom). It is the rest of us who are the barbarians."

. . .true, but there is the truth in the 'mind of the beholder'. . .and there is the truth of the proof in the pudding. . .so to speak;

. . . and there is an indisputable and ominous message from China and they had better 'enlighten up'!

[twntaipan]

Agreed. Social instability in China has to be a huge fear for the Communist Party.