China witnessed a number of public protests in 2010. Though the country's social stability landscape hasn't fundamentally changed, as the fracture between government officials and citizens and the gap between rich and poor have been widening, control of Chinese society is rigid, and efforts to maintain such a rigid stability have incurred a high cost. But the likelihood of a full outbreak of various social risks has risen. To this end, China should carry out a series of social and political reforms in a bid to build a more resilient social stability.

The Focus on Social Crises