Hello Elroy, I believe the CCP wants to have more accountability placed on its members, as well as let the crowds be more accountable for their actions (for picking the wrong leader).
I do not believe the CCP is interested in sharing power with another party, but will by and by in any case, in fullnessof time, just as it actions the experiments in economics and monetary matters, all in good time.
I definitely do not believe the CCP gives a hoot what the US or anybodyelse outside of China thinks about its politics and is not at all the case that ...
"Economic problems caused by several decades of unrestrained and uncoordinated growth are beginning to seriously affect the social framework of Chinese society and directly impact the ability of the CPC to maintain order. In particular, the problems of unchecked corruption among local government officials and a massive income gap between the rich and poor -- with CPC members often on the comfortable side of this gap -- make a democratic system of government seem more attractive to a population growingly disaffected by such problems."
... few in China is willing to go the American route of electing the lowest common denominator; and as to ...
"In the context of the Rumsfeld visit, U.S. President George W. Bush's Nov. 19 visit to Beijing and the scheduled November resumption of the six-party talks regarding the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the official recognition of a need for democratic political reform in China could bring some of the breathing room from Western pressure Hu needs in order to deal with more pressing problems."
I do not believe China requires any breathing room from the likes of Rumsfeld / Bush, because there is preciously little they can do.
Stratfor tends to equate the "west" with the USA, and that is convenient, but simply not true, especially these days.
Stratfor tends to over-estimate the role of USA influence on China, and makes the fatal mistake of taking notice of a White Paper that simply summarizes the experience etc of a program that has been progressing for at least 8 years (I repeated noted the schemaand design on political accountability siince my joining SI Message 18118146 way back whenever). Stratfor treat what is obvious and apparent and continuation of history as breaking news.
Chugs, J |
