>"If anyone is foolish enough to think china will adopt democracy in the guise of America or Europe is foolish, their culture is so different as so to not even

>"If anyone is foolish enough to think china will adopt democracy in the guise of America or Europe is foolish, their culture is so different as so to not even be understandable by most westerners." Taiwan is a clear counter-example to this ridiculous claim. In many ways, ranging from traditional religions to the writing system, Taiwan has preserved more traditional Chinese culture than the PRC has. None of this has stopped Taiwan from becoming a modern democracy with citizen referendums and more tolerance of peaceful protest than any English speaking country I know of.