[xoxoxoBruce]

Maybe the Chinese populace is unaware of the "down and dirty infighting" unless they're involved. I suspect their press is pretty heavily censored. Possibly their internal communications also. In the US, you can pick up a phone and talk to any phone in the world, for the most part, as well as being ubiquitous. Whereas China is still mostly poor and to a large extent rural. I doubt that internal travel or communications, we take for granted, are as common. Oh, and don't forget they speak a zillion different dialects.