In 2005, a poll was taken in Europe and or globally, and most respondents were pleased at the prospect of China becoming an equal to the US in military matters and the respondents (majority) viewed China more favorably than the US.
By 2007, they seemed to change their minds (again) and were increasingly concerned about China.
Most respondents are fools.
Activist Hu Jia was on Thursday jailed for three years and six months for subversion, his lawyer said, amid what rights groups charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics.
In China, they arrest you early, so you don't commit crimes.
UPDATE: April 3, 2008
Witnesses confirm: Chinese soldiers "dressed as monks" sparked the violence