Care to bet who's gonna win this struggle over the long haul? China's adding consumers (disposable-income spenders) like crazy and you know what happens to any society when such a critical mass appears? They start asking questions beyond the usual "how do I survive?" They ask political questions, sure. But more and more they ask religious ones.ARTICLE: In China, Churches Challenge the Rules: Bold Congregations Risk Official Wrath, By Maureen Fan, Washington Post, October 1, 2006; Page A19
China's government will be able to squelch neither, just channel them through solutions that increasingly bolster the public's confidence in asking even more questions.