"Clearly, the current system of suppression isn't working perfectly."<p>No argument there.  How would you do it differently?<p>I have to ignore the history comparisons by you and more so the parent as they cover far too large time periods and I'm only familiar with China of the last 10 years.<p>China's leadership, for the most part, makes decisions based on controlling their own domain.  I believe a balanced solution requires wealthy countries that trade with China to take a uniform stance to protect workers, environment, and property everywhere they do business.  Citizens of these countries and their leaders have to push for this as China clearly is going to simply protect their side of the equation.<p>Which country or group of countries are going to step forward in a unified front to create balance?  What conditions will force their hand?  Perhaps we are seeing those conditions unfold right now.  Time will tell.