The unexpected release of Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Kyi is not causing ripples in China as was expected as officials are in a fix knowing that any alternates will backfire on their faces due to their strict political system.

Just like the Burmese Nobel Prize winner, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, this year’s Nobel laureate, has been sentenced for 11-year jail term.

The reason for Chinese concern is simple, in that they feared pro democrats activities spilling over to their country and hoped that Burma remained stable.

Of course the cry and hope for Burmese stability is based on the investments that China have put in the country especially in infrastructure, and not democratic stability.

To back their silence the Chinese media has taken a similar stand of reporting of the release giving a detailed account of her “negative” influence and actions. In fact it is as if being under house arrest was a favor and not a punishment.

Beijing would have a catastrophic time should the release be linked and likened to the arrest and sentence of Liu Xiaobo.

According to China a person who calls for peaceful political reforms deserves an 11 year jail term and not a Nobel Prize, just like Mr. Liu even if the actions are put in manifestos.

Comment posted on internet chat rooms praising and honoring San Kyi as a heroine will drive the Chinese authorities nuts.

But many Experts on China believe that China should not miss their sleep because the calls are from outside the country but if they became internal calls, which they have under control, then they should begin to get worried.

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