China Too?

Has the worldwide "1848-style" democratic upsurge reached China? Huaxi Village residents' frustrations with pollution from a local chemical plant boiled over Sunday, leaving about thirty government employees and law-enforcement officers beaten and bruised. The issue is not yet settled, but it's significant that the government has done nothing to crack down. People from nearby are flocking to Huaxi Village to see the chaos. The government's silence is the loudest noise around, and people are coming to see it. Will this type of protest (and they are becoming more common) force Beijing to introduce more accountability to the Chinese people?