Following the collapse of long-lived dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt in early 2011, many analysts have turned their attention to China to identify possible stirrings of revolution. Of course, in the Middle East and North Africa, the Chinese Jasmine Revolution stimulated little domestic interest and failed to materialize into a popular movement. Beginning with the cases of Egypt and Tunisia, this article critically examines recent literature identifying the causes of the Arab Spring revolutions to develop several hypotheses on the sources of diet vulnerability and their applicability in explaining the exceptional resilience of single-party rule in China. After the collapse of the long dictatorships of Tunisia and Egypt in early 2011, many analysts turned to China to identify possible seeds of revolution. In fact, as the movements formed a revolutionary spiral in North Africa and the Middle East, the Chinese Jasmine Revolution caused few domestic reactions and failed to materialize in a popular movement. From the cases of Egypt and Tunisia, this article critically examines the recent literature identifying the causes of the revolutions of the Arab Spring 2011, to develop several hypotheses about the sources of the vulnerability of regimes in these countries and to consider their adequacy in explaining the exceptional resistance of the one-party authority in China.