15 Oct 2007
China rules out copying Western democracy

They're screwed. Democracy wouldn't automatically save them, to be sure, but it would provide a temporary relief valve for the frustrations that are welling up in Chinese society. And we all know what happens to a pressure cooker when the relief valve is jammed...

Chinese President Hu Jintao opened a major Communist Party congress Monday by promising modest reforms to make government institutions more responsive while strengthening one-party rule.

(link) [CNN.com]

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