> So China's only card it can play is, being as sick as it is for at least a year more, is to be a paper tiger. and threatens with empty promise. Everything yo

> So China's only card it can play is, being as sick as it is for at least a year more, is to be a paper tiger. and threatens with empty promise. Everything you wrote before this, and in particular "you will note all the anger from normal citizens" is reason enough to worry that this time it might be more than an empty promise. China may end up needing more than sabre rattling to distract its citizens this time.