I wish we could have a few politicians who understood that... It will be interesting if China undergoes a resurgance of freedom; as we fall under the increasingly heavy hand of the state.
Not going to happen.
China has had many peasant revolutions before, heck the Communists came to power their on the backs of a peasant revolution.
None of the peasant revolutions have ever led to a democratic movement. The Chinese culture is inherently totalitarian, until that changes the only form of government they will have is a the rule from above kind.