After years of brutally suppressing dissent, China has in recent months faced violent public unrest in a number of different cities and over a wide range of issues, from the government's handling of the Sichuan earthquake to calls for Tibetan independence to a government crackdown on an Internet health forum. With the world's attention on the country for this summer's Beijing Olympics, the anti-government violence tests the Communist Party's leadership and ability in unprecedented ways. Thousands rioted in southwest China last week, setting fire to police stations, cars and government buildings, after the death of a teenage girl. According to news reports, authorities listed the death as a suicide, but the girl's family accused police of raping and murdering her. Citing Reuters, the BBC quoted an unnamed official in Guizhou...
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