BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces no risk of succumbing to the kind of unrest that has rocked authoritarian governments across the Middle East, a senior Chinese official said, dismissing "Jasmine Revolution" calls as "absurd."
The comments from Zhao Qizheng, a former head of the Chinese government's information office, were Beijing's most senior response so far to online messages urging protests in Chinese cities. The call drew small numbers of people at the weekend overwhelmed by swarms of police.
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