tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686392802243165247.post6439648719978764947..comments2023-06-08T03:05:52.070-06:00Comments on Informed on Information: China Censoring Egypt News; Visuals Might Be Too Close To Tiananmen ?jmburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356505931743309334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686392802243165247.post-27063198462038525952011-02-02T16:26:44.579-06:002011-02-02T16:26:44.579-06:00MoS, i agree with your comment about an educated a...MoS, i agree with your comment about an educated and "outsider" group being a worry for regime stability<br /><br />and while i am a committed social democrat and regular amnesty international volunteer, i can only imagine what it must be like trying to ride the tiger as the national government of China. all those ethnic rivalries, all that poverty, all those people<br /><br />i cannot endorse the regime or its practices - but i have some sympathy for what it must be like to govern (being part of the political regime in Saskatchewan was hard enough)<br /><br />i understand that with the next scheduled regime change/shuffle the five year plan(s) project substantial opening up of municipal elections and politics<br /><br />given the lack of democratic enculturation of China, i would personally view such a move as positive, and likely a useful step toward opening up the whole of Chinese politics in a measured way toward more freedom and openness<br /><br />sort of like how they opened and modernised their economy - much is still state controlled, but freer and more innovative<br /><br />i worry about countries with no culture of democracy, and a significant culture of autocracy, flying apart if they move to an open system too quicklyjmburtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356505931743309334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686392802243165247.post-86260765486931612132011-02-01T14:27:58.455-06:002011-02-01T14:27:58.455-06:00I think China also fears the Tunisia syndrome. Li...I think China also fears the Tunisia syndrome. Like India, China has churned out an awful lot of university graduates, far more than their economies have been able to absorb. This creates a pool of disaffected and educated youth that can act as a trigger to other forms of anti-state dissent.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com