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Tear gas, smoke bombs, batons, shields, hoses, tazers, pepper spray, plastic bullets, beanbag rounds...you can see where I'm going.
Live bullets are actually more likely to incur rage and panic as opposed to disorientation and vulnerability in the masses.
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Yes, those items will disperse a crowd. But the crowd will only get back again the next day. China's goal is to put down the unrest, not to delay it.
Also, do you really think china has never tried using tear gases etc.. etc..? Of course they have:
Clashes leave 10 dead in Tibet - CNN.com
Quote "Police used gunfire and
tear gas to quell the Lhasa protest, according to
witnesses, human rights groups and Xinhua."