NEWS ANALYSIS: A Rescue in China, Uncensored, By ANDREW JACOBS, New York Times, May 14, 2008

Fascinating to watch. If China truly matures politically on this response, it will begin to see the selfish strategic logic in doing the same for other states in a SysAdmin function. It will understand what diplomatic benefits accrue.

Plus, having to distance itself from the Myanmar junta's response is a good additional dynamic.

This could end up being a serious System Perturbation, set up nicely by the snow storms last winter and the CCP leadership realizing those were a wake-up call.

(Thanks: Kilngoddess)