Chinese leaders are well aware

Posted on May 18, 2008 by David

The Times, without citation, seems to have some inside sources on the post-Mao government’s awareness.

On Monday, for instance, China’s response to the earthquake as constrasted with Myanmar’s to the cyclone:

With scenes of the calamitous cyclone in Myanmar still fresh — and the military government’s languid, xenophobic response earning it international scorn — China’s Communist Party leaders are keenly aware that their approach to the earthquake will be closely watched at home and abroad.

And this morning, China’s newfound openness as contrasted with Glasnost:

Chinese leaders are well aware of the Soviet experience. The bloody crackdown against the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square in 1989 seemed motivated in part by fears that a relaxation of repression would lead to a replay of Soviet turbulence in China.

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