YJ is pretty excited — and a little freaked out — over how much attention her post on the Jasmine Revolution is getting. As of 8:30 p.m. Beijing time tonight, if you google “Jasmine Revolution,” Yajun’s post is the fifth entry on the first page after Wikipedia, Washington Post, BBC, and the New York Times .
In other and somewhat related news, this week I’m really thrilled to be one of several guest bloggers for James Fallows on the Atlantic Monthly site. For my first post I’ve tackled the same question as YJ — why isn’t China ready for an Egypt-style revolution. I agree with Yajun that a major issue is the lack of any meaningful organization, but I also argue that this is because the Party has learned the lessons of 1919 and 1989 and is now very careful about letting disaffected groups from linking their causes together either vertically across class lines or geographically.
Enjoy.