| 1 | Authoritarian rulers everywhere have more to fear. | |
| 2 | But in the mornings, alone before dawn, a jolt of terror: What had I done? | |
| 3 | It didn't feel precarious at the time, she says, but "I can't believe it, looking back! | |
| 4 | Military competition: It's easy to understand why China's military looks disconcerting from Washington, especially given the force's recent buildup. | |
| 5 | No one knows for sure what the consequences will be but the uncertainty unsettles those whose livelihoods may be at risk from the mainland' s millions of underpaid workers. |