Beijing: China's internal security chief fears that the global economic slowdown will hit the Chinese economy and result in widespread unrest in the country. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Communist Party of China's nine-member politburo standing committee and one of the top security officials here, also said that the government is not prepared to handle social unrest on a large scale. "The party and the government have always paid a lot of attention to social management. But it still can't keep up with the changes in economic and social development," Zhe told party officials. The party usually describes public unrest as social issues instead of giving them political colour. "Faced with the negative impact of market economy, we still have not established social management system ," he told the official New China News Agency. Worrying about the growing disparity in incomes , Zhe said, "It can cause great harm to society's ethics and trust." This is first time a top party functionary has vented tensions within the party and the government over slowdown.
