Since the army was called in to shoot civilians demonstrating in Beijing in 1989, China has beefed up its paramilitary police force, the People's Armed Police (PAP), in order to handle unrest.
A Matter of Timing WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP) -- The United States should stop waiting for Europe to handle unrest in the Balkans and should lead the way to prevent problems like the Macedonia insurgency from spreading out of control, senior officials said today.
The markings and registration plates of vehicles had been removed, but they appeared to be those normally used by the People's Liberation Army rather than the People's Armed Police, which has officially been handling the unrest.
The authorities in Hong Kong are reined in by a legal system bequeathed by the British; they cannot, as officials commonly do in mainland China, handle unrest with a combination of astute bargaining, thuggish violence, ruthless treatment of ringleaders and tight controls over media and the internet.
On terrorism, for instance, some polls show voters believe Clinton would handle such unrest better.
In state buildings, Turkish officials reacted defensively to criticism of the manner in which they had handled the unrest.
One protest leader says there could be another, "even bigger" uprising.The new leadership that will take over after the upcoming Congress will quickly face tests of its ability to handle social unrest.
The United Nations officials said that the 3,000 peacekeeping troops around the capital would probably be sufficient to handle any unrest, but that plans were being made to bring in reinforcements from the 6,000 others scattered around the country.
