To those who know China...how would the people react if they were given freedom of expression, multi-party democracy and free and fair elections? It's so weird that 1.4 bn people in a modern economy are in the grip of old school authoritarianism
There is a theory I read that part of the reason for Russia descending into the most nasty aggressive form of capitalism is that under communist rule they were told how bad capitalism was and are almost living a parody version of it now.
To those who know China...how would the people react if they were given freedom of expression, multi-party democracy and free and fair elections? It's so weird that 1.4 bn people in a modern economy are in the grip of old school authoritarianism