Tag Archives: Democracy

China isn’t ready for democracy - Vote buying, low quality people, and other excuses

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

The idea that democracy doesn’t fit China’s national condition seems to be a weekly feature in the Global Times (like today’s article). The arguments provided in these pieces not only show a disgusting contempt for the common Chinese person (we’ll … Continue reading →

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When the DVD’s disappear you know something big is coming

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

I don’t always read the local papers, and for the most part my Chinese co-workers don’t either. So when something big comes to Nanjing, we don’t usually hear about it until it has passed, but we can always tell that … Continue reading →

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Growing People Power - Netizens are changing China for the better

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

When I first arrived in China in 2007, the attitude of many of my Chinese friends was that the system was broken, but there was absolutely nothing they could do to fix it. I clearly remember chatting with a professor in Longzhou. … Continue reading →

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