Yes, I agree...And some people, from both inside and outside the country, consider that perhaps a period of Enlightenment would really transform the current cul

Yes, I agree...And some people, from both inside and outside the country, consider that perhaps a period of Enlightenment would really transform the current culture there. But I feel that given the current style of the Chinese government, it does not seem that there is much space for its people to develop any democratic or Enlightenment culture -- and from a perspective of statistics, a true and just and honest democratic society is more stable, both internally and externally, than an autocratic one -- and more likely to benefit a wider range of people. Yet this is not the fault of any average Chinese...It is just that, at several critical moments in its history, some overly self-centered and overly biased leaders caused tremendous damages -- with all its ruinous and poisonous ramifications -- to the entire society. Had it been more democratic then, such damages would be unlikely to have ever happened...But the assumption of that necessity leads to the chicken or the egg dilemma... Or perhaps the history -- and its consequential reality -- is quite fortuitous in nature...