Китайские бюрократы, коммунисты, генералы про демократию
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Wen Jiabao,
prime-minister:
‘We must not only encourage institutional reform in
economic life but also institutional reform in political life.
Without the safeguard of political reform, ‘the fruits of economic
reform would be lost and the goal of modernization would not
materialize.’
Hu Shuli, China’s most
outspoken and influential media entrepreneur, in New
Century:
‘China has
reached a critical moment when political reform must not be
delayed. Breakthroughs in cultural and social development are
impossible without political change… The pace of political reform
has slowed over the past decade. Some leaders in Beijing, drunk
with the success of China’s economic miracle, started to believe
the myth of the system’s invincibility. They started to believe in
the perverse logic that China’s economic success was proof of the
political vitality of the CCP’s authoritarian grip on power. Some
were lulled into a false sense of security as the idea of the
‘Beijing Consensus’ and the relative decline of Washington in the
aftermath of the global financial crisis
blossomed.’
The Party Committee in Shenzhen in 2008 publicly touted an audacious plan to empower the local legislative body with people directly elected to District People’s Congress. The plan sparked a nationwide excitement. Later the plan has been quietly shelved.
Southern Daily, newspaper
affiliated with the Guangdong government,
‘urged Shenzhen to set an example for the country to
follow in the arena of political reform.’
Li Luoli, a former high-ranking party
official in Shenzhen, in an interview with a
Caixin:
‘The only chance, for Shenzhen to become a Special
Political Zone is for risk-taking leaders like those who were there
from the early days of Shenzhen’s creation to grab the
initiative.’
China Youth
Daily:
‘The very essence of China’s reform policy is to free
people from shackles of the state and unleash their creativity and
productivity. Holders of power under the current political system
are enriching themselves under the banner of reform. But ultimately
these vested interests won’t hold back the tide of
reform.’
Qin Xiao, former Chairman of China’s
Merchants Bank and a member of the National People’s Congress, in a
speech at Tsinghua University:
‘It’s unacceptable to use pretexts ’such as nationalism
and stability to smother universal values such as liberty,
individual rights and democracy.’
Liu Yazhou, Lieutenant General, a
well-connected senior political officer with an impeccable party
pedigree:
‘China must either embrace US-style democracy or
accept Soviet-style collapse.’
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/09/19/political-reform-in-china-wen-would-it-happen-and-hu-will-lead-it/
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