Whilst I don’t think we’ll see tanks in the streets, I wouldn’t put it past the Chinese to stage an incident, such as shooting a police officer, and use it as an excuse for mass internment of the ringleaders who will end up in prison camps in remote regions of western China.
Britain used internment in Northern Ireland in 1971 and ended up putting 20 000 troops on the streets when it was becoming apparent that they were losing control in the province.