| Sumario: | The U.S. needs to rethink the concepts regarding social unrest in China and recognize the potential systemic impact on the Sino-U.S. bilateral relationship. Furthermore, the U.S. and its allies must begin to formulate responses that will encourage the Chinese government to accelerate institutional reform rather than revert to the violence of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations in the country's capital, Beijing. China's internal security officials recognize with growing frankness the expansion of unrest in their society and are acknowledging that most protest reflects not anti-Communist conspiracies but rather a largely legitimate popular reaction to genuine economic, social, and political problems in the country.
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