Only China's super-efficient news blackout is preventing this from escalating into a catastrophic scale nationwide social unrest. However, the internet age is making this more and more difficult for the central government. If news of the regional social unrest leaked out and caught the attention of the general public, it would be uncontrollableQuix, this was my point, in that with the internet and satellite the population of China will be observing the America way, and want a piece of this dream.
Perhaps leading to revolution internally, which would mean arms would need to be smuggled inside; or, the youth could be mobilized into an army, a huge army and just stroll on into the USA through our borders.
The youth did quite a lot 4 June 1989 without arms and then with the arms they captured or which were turned over to them by sympathetic military folks.
THEY REALLY WERE quite close to civil war with various warlords taking a diversity of stances. That and the arrogance and greed for power of the leadership compelled them to act. They still didn't have to act so ruthlessly stupidly horribly IMHO. But that's the historic Chinese mentality--suppress ruthlessly first. Ask questions later, if at all.