When will democracy come to China?

This forum topic comes from the China Daily website: when will china have direct elections?

I shit you not.

The tone is very civil, and some realities home in on page four.

People who have lived all life in guanxi and archaic “wide family” structures are centures behind your understanding of democracy /accountability/ use of power (and how to crack on [sic] its abuse) and what is the biggest handicap - and understanding what law is and how to use it in proper way.

The discussion is fairly free, although it appears that posters must not use the words ‘democracy’, ‘Taiwan’, and ‘Falungong’ spelled as they are. Forum rules state that if you stray off-topic and are “abusive, obscene, vulgar, hateful, slanderous, threatening, or which are otherwise in violation of any laws”, you will be ‘banished’.

• 23 Jun 2004

• Thinking