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<P>I completely agree that single-party monoply won't be able to manage a long last and fast developing China. The key point is: we have to seek a new way out instead of multi-party system if this is what implied. </P>
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<P>Democracy, by its precise definition, is just as bad as the Dictatorship. Moreover, direct election democracy is just a form of dictatorship instead of democracy because the public can only choose one of the elite few "representers" and their "policy packages". I really think this way is a disaster and only leads for world wars, not sustainable. </P>
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<P>IMHO, the things China needs in immediate urgency would be: political transparency, procedure regulations and public involvements. For the first and second issue, the central government and party leaders are in deep conflicts with the local government and party cadres. Things are moving, but will take costs. The third is not showing up yet. Although the laws are there, still very very few people went to the 人大 or 政协 to audit the topic discussions. People can not lay there and hope one day the opinions would be represented. This might take 10 or more years for the public common knowledge to spread. None of the above urgent items has business to do with democracy. </P>
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<P>btw> I would recommend the following video, to see how the former Singapore UN ambassador looks China and the politics.</P>
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<P><A href="http://www.wforum.com/wmf/posts/1115832398.html">http://www.wforum.com/wmf/posts/1115832398.html</A></P>
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<P>[quote]原帖由 <I>andrew</I> 于 2008-5-1 11:18 PM 发表 <A href="http://www.umasscssa.org/forum/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=132231&ptid=10879" target=_blank><IMG alt="" src="http://www.umasscssa.org/forum/images/common/back.gif" border=0></A> i totally agree with you. ccp contributed to china alot. my point is that, single-party is not good for both ccp and china.right now the i guess the concensus is that stability is paramoun ... [/quote]</P>