It is the validation that China is the super power in waiting. I expect the power of the U.S. will decline as it has already stretched beyond its means by trying to dominate the world and enforce its mono-dementional value and thinking. But once the world loses its trust in the U.S. it will fall from its throne.

On the other hand, China is a rising star. So the future belongs to China. There will be a good chance, China will become the number one super power in the future world.

When it happens, China and her people will have the honour and duty of leading the world, and will be responsible of the well being of the world. I believe in the future that the people in the world should be able to choose freely a country where they live based upon their liking of socio-economic and cultural taste because there is no single right way. Clearly so-called democratic system has many merits, but also it has many demerits as well. And the same can be said about a totalitarian system.

Some people like me cherish freedom and adventure, and can tolerate risks. For some others safety and security is more important than freedom. That is one of the reasons two-third of Americans don’t own their passport and many Americans stick to American food like hamburger and coke.

China is in the advantageous position of being able to learn from all the industrialized nations, create a new political, economic and social system, and present it to the world as a viable alternative for the future.

What China is doing now is quite right since there is no other alternative at this time other than the total chaos and civil war. China does not want to follow the footsteps of the Soviet Union. I think it is wise. China should take its own time to think, experiment and develop its future, including democracy.

Due to the unfortunate and tragic recent history, China has just got up on her feet. Now China will need to learn how to walk, then to run in order to lead the world and fulfil her honour and duty.

As a Bohemian who was born and raised in Japan, but chose to live in Canada and became Canadian, and now have chosen to live in China, I know and understand the world better than most of the people in China. That’s why I believe I can make contribution to the world by helping the China and Chinese people through you and state my beliefs in what is happening. China will go more democratic, just as America becomes less so.

Yang Bin was a prime example, the flower bulb proclaimed millionaire who wanted to become a governor for the North Korean free trade border town and had aspirations to become a politician in the North East. He is still in Jail and unlikely to come out soon. They took the Al Capone route to convict him: “tax fraud”.

Corrupt politicians all need one thing: to get their money out of China and dissappear after a business trip abroad. If they amass a billion they’ll be happy to sit abroad with ten million in the end. There is a whole service industry to get their money out of the country.

The consensus about the real meaning of democracy revolves around not so much the form and structure of government, as it does around personal rights. After all, we may use the word democracy, but we’re talking about personal freedoms to lead our lives without serious government or other external interferences.

The “degree” of democracy is measured by the degree of personal freedoms. In fact, to a person, every one in the forum is aware that there really isn’t a complete democracy anywhere, when speaking of governmental structure.

So when you speak of Democracy is coming to China, even if the model is identical to that of the US, it’s just a mechanical process of administration, and may amount to nothing really meaningful. Think of how the Chinese now celebrate Christmas… There is a parallel of how Chinese mimic the west!

“Why would you want to steal a billion dollars? That sort of cash makes no sense, unless you intend to launch a family political dynasty. When the current contenders have been able to muster enough political clout behind them under the current one party system in China, then you’ll see a gradual move to democracy.”

What you described above is called a regime of kleptomaniacs, The sort of “democracy” that looks like what Mr. Mugabe is running in Zimbabwe. Shall we just stick with the one-party system? That still seems to work well 99% of the time and is very much what one might call a managed democracy. Based on a system of selections on the basis of merit like in the good old imperial days with grassroots elections for the lower officials.

As all politics is local but policies are central remember?