Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2011. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

China's Wen Pledges To Address 'Great Resentment' -- The Telegraph

China must work to tackle 'great resentment' among its people over growing income disparity, corruption and rising prices, the country's prime minister, Wen Jiabao has said, vowing his government would work harder to meet public demands.

In a "state of the nation" speech opening the annual 10-day session of the nation's rubber-stamp parliament, Mr Wen admitted that despite China's great economic growth, his government had "not yet fundamentally solved a number of issues that the masses feel strongly about."

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My Comment: I have been going back and forth from China since the mid 1980s, and I have had the good fortune of seeing how much the country has changed since then .... economically, politically, and socially. For the moment, the Chinese people are content to let the status quo continue .... they all want is what we already have in the West .... home, car, appliances, good food, future for the children .... and as long as this continues dissent will only be voiced on the internet. But if things change economically, and with no outlet to voice their frustration .... anything will then be possible, and the Chinese leadership knows this.

The Chinese have now had a taste of what we have, there is no turning back.