[Enemy Of The State]

Oh maybe I didnt state my thoughts in the last comment very clearly.

I have no doubt that the CCP could pull off another Tiananmen incident (HK may soon find out), but I dont think that they could survive the aftermath as they did in '89.

Such a repeat of an incident of that magnitude would certainly be followed by a mass exodus of all the Foreign Investment they pride themselves so highly on.

Best Regards!

[Quix]

Sadly, I don't think the mass exodus of westerners and their money would occur.

I was rather appalled at the rush back and the lingering that occurred with the first Tienanmen.

But actually, I think the Chinese have learned a lot from the first experience.

I think now, they'd bring out the water canon and remove people with a minimum of deaths if at all possible.

Now if it became a war between the army and armed guerillas . . . who knows. But it's not exactly easy for nonarmy folks to get arms . . . unless you're mafia types.

[Quix]

I underestimated western Greed after the first Tienanmen.

Greed easily and quickly won out over values about freedom. I suspect nowadays, it's even worse.