Neal Stephenson, in his novel the Diamond Age, goes on at length about the Chinese' hysterical fear of anarchy. It may not be porn as such the Chinese rulers fear, just like it isn't opium or heroin that frightens them, but rather the inability to contain the consequences of potential runaway overindulgence. It might be a case of choosing the devil you know (the consequences of overbearingness) versus the devil you don't know (anarchy). Tien an menh square was an illustration of this.

" October was the hottest month on record in Darwin, Australia." -it's always the hottest/coldest week/day/month year somewhere, a more meaningful measure is the ratio of hottest-s yo coldest-s

Nice food chain diagram - couldn't agree with you more - the irony is we're paying to keep ourselves stupid longer.