Don't set off too many fireworks in celebration.

Because, says veteran China watcher Gordon Chang here, the most likely result of China's Olympic succès d'estime is going to lead to a more draconian police state at home, deep-freeze any reform ideas, and put the PRC's post-2006 aggressive foreign policy on 'roids.

St. Francis Xavier & Our Lady of Shéshān, ora pro nobis.