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I've heard from Chinese people about these experiments too and that they were not particularly democratic, for example people would sell their vote. Do you know
by brendyn 7y ago
I've heard from Chinese people about these experiments too and that they were not particularly democratic, for example people would sell their vote. Do you know much about it. You say China must become democratic. It gives a me a feeling of optimism and all but how can you predict such things.
- 0815test 7y ago> they were not particularly democratic, for example people would sell their vote. Classic... this is why democracy is a lot less important than some less-obvious factors when it comes to quality of governance - especially things like upholding the rule of law. BTW, there's nothing particularly "westernizing" about that, either - in fact, it's something that Confucianism explicitly calls for (albeit historically with other labels, such as "Rectification of Names") and I believe it's even mentioned in the official PRC Constitution.
- zachguo 7y agoI found these papers http://polisci.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/people/u3854/JoCC2009.pdf http://polisci.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/people/u3854... https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/china/CEG-review-issue1.pdf https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/china/CEG-...