Democracy a distant goal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022700502.html
Great article. I took the liberty of copying a couple of paragraphs:
“China’s Premier Calls Democracy A Distant Goal
Remarks an Answer to Reform Debate
By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, February 28, 2007; Page A13
BEIJING, Feb. 27 — The Communist Party cautioned China’s increasingly impatient reformers and intellectuals Tuesday that political liberalization and democracy are still a long way off despite the rapid pace of economic change over the past two decades.
The warning, in an article attributed to Premier Wen Jiabao in the official People’s Daily newspaper, constituted the party’s first known response to a bubbling up of political debate as China prepares for an annual session of its legislature and an important Communist Party congress that is scheduled for this fall.”
Hope y’all will read the rest at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...022700502.html
If anyone thinks that capitalism will lead to Democracy in China, they better think again.