[buglemanster]

With a historical and philosophical underpinning of socialism how can the have's argue successfully with the have-nots?

The have's have the backing of the military and industry. The have-not's are not armed. That's how.

The rich-poor gap in China today is geographical, this means the chances of another national revolution is low. The only threat to China is fragmentation (federalization), not revolution.

[tigtog]

Dude, who do you think fled to Taiwan in the first place??? Taiwan holds the future to China, not the other way around. Sooner or later this realization will occur to a broad spectrum of the population (see Tinamein Square). Gorby thought he could ride the reform tiger and it ate him. My bet is the PRC leadership will fail to hold things together peacefully and will ultimately resort to violence to maintain their status. The violence will be directed at their own people not ours. Its a waiting game. We have history and economic logic on our side. They are pissing into the wind.