China rules out multi-party democracy and western style political reforms

Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 20:30 UTC

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A senior Chinese leader says his country will not become a multi-party democracy or adopt other Western-style political reforms. Wu Bangguo - officially number two in the leadership structure - warned that China could face civil disorder if it abandoned its current system. Read full article

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Forgetit87
The central government of China is above all a rational system; it has made the right choices in economic policy - high levels of domestic saving, investing heavily in infrastructure and education, and insistence on acquiring the latest foreign technology - to make China a core country - and not a peripheral one - in a capitalist world system. It is difficult to think that, were China a democracy, it would have had such success. China's success is due in part to constant shifts in its economic model. Under a democracy, this would have been difficult not only because reforms in democratic countries are more difficult to implement - something that results from an intricate system of checks and balances - but also because of populist pressures that tempt politicians in all democratic countries, specially those that are poor. If it were a democracy, perhaps China would be spending more money on building a welfare state than on programs to increase technological innovation capability.
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