On Practical Matters
(On Practical Matters) All this talk about protests in China can have one craving a plate of Egg Foo Yung. In all seriousness, however, what seems different this time is that there are now calls for ending the current regime. To be replaced with what ? One government that cannot operate if the Peoples' Republic gets dissolved, would be a representative democracy. With a population of almost a billion and a half people, imagine assigning representation to each Chinse citizen, developing an administrative structure that is not comprised of Communist Party members ? What about political parties, now that there is no more Communist Party ? What would count as a Chinese Democrat or a Chinese Republican ? Would suffrage be universal ? Would tens of thousands of polling stations across China be established ? The logistical challenges alone make the whole idea impractical. And that being said, the concept of a popular vote would be a new one for the average Chinese. One can see the m...