The China Powder Keg: John Humphrys An A Nation That's Either On The Edge Of Becoming THE Superpower - Or Exploding Into Anarchy -- The Daily Mail
The chanting, when it began, sounded angry. I was in my hotel room in Beijing trying to put together a report on political repression for the Today programme and this sounded as if it might be just what I needed.
I had been in China for more than a week. Everywhere I went people had been telling me that things had changed so much since I first started reporting from here more than 30 years ago that I would scarcely recognise the place.
True, there are many protests, sometimes violent, but almost always out in the provinces and motivated by a single grievance.
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My Comment: I have been going to China since 1987. Has it changed ---- definitely. For the better .... for many yes. Will China become a super power .... not now, but it is on the right track to be the dominant world power in 20-30 years. Can it go off the rails .... yes .... but only if the continued economic growth of the country is not balanced by more political/economic and media freedoms.