We will hear the call for political change again. There were hundreds of thousands of people out on Tiananmen Square in 1989. I can't believe they have all changed their thinking. In the meantime, fear dominates policy in the country. Just as the leaders feared the students in 1989, they are today spooked by anybody who tries to organize such as the Falungong movement.
Any organized group is seen as a threat, so repression continues.
With no other outlets for their frustrations, unemployed workers and farmers outraged by corruption are protesting every day. China's leaders twist the meaning of stability. To them, it means the power to silence dissident voices. But repression doesn't erase the factors fanning dissatisfaction throughout society. As long as the leaders fail to institute real rule of law and political reforms, discontent will accumulate.