I remember when arab spring happened and it came out of nowhere - and I was living in the middle east !<p>In hindsight - it was a result of spikes in food prices that followed the financial crisis.<p>Seeing that in the last month we had :<p>- Chinese stock market crash.
- 1 major man made Industrial accident, and 2 other smaller ones.
- Chinese export economy slowdown.<p>I wonder if within china there is growing discontent, most governments derive their legitimacy via some notion of socitial goal.<p>Oppressive Muslims countries do it in the name of religion.<p>Western government derive it from making their people believe that they live in a functional democracy.<p>And the Chinese government's legitimacy is based on economical growth.<p>What happens when the government is unable to meet its objectives ?