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Is China Inching Toward Democracy? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Kathleen Hwang |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2005 |
| Size: 1,017 Words, 6,615 Characters |
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With Hong Kong's legislative elections over and the territory's immediate democratic aspirations quashed, discussions about possible future scenarios abound. The central and local governments are determined to slow the pace of democratic reforms, but the consensus is more widespread than ever that reforms are inevitable.
What has hit home with increasing clarity in recent months is the fact that the futures for Hong Kong and China are, ultimately, one and the same. The question of the day, therefore, is: If Hong Kong is headed for democracy, and Hong Kong's future is China's future, does that mean China is headed for democracy?
"Hong Kong has always been the place where the debate about China's future was very vibrant," observed French China-watcher Jean-Phillipe Beja. He was in tow...
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...er, and "Ever since, they've been going backwards," Beja said.
So while democrats in Hong Kong discuss the possibilities, and China's leaders attempt to deal with the realities, the two still seem very far apart. As a cadre in a major state-owned company in Beijing recently told UPI: "China has to find its own way forward. There is no model we can copy."
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