Communist takeover in China?

My collaborator Robert Scherrer comments on my recent blogging from China :-)

Steve,

I have been enjoying your blog reports from China. The worst-case scenario for China is obvious: the increasing economic disparity between the wealthy cities and the poorer rural areas leads to a revolution, and the communists take over. (I told that joke to a visiting Chinese faculty member here, and he was not amused....)

Bob