I think Beijing would have to be blind and stupid not to have seen this coming and be prepared for it, and they are neither. IIRC, the latest five year plan was to focus on growing internal demand for goods over the export market. This will mean addressing some of the gap between the inland region and the coastal regions, and that's going to be a task that'll take a lot longer than five years, but is essential to undercut the power-bases of the far-left sections of the Chinese communist party which caused the recent scare with Bo Xilai.
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