Monday, 13 April 2009

Phillip hynes said on May 20th, 2007 at 2:05am #


http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/04/democracy-in-china-fact-of-fiction/

An interesting and informative article. I have actually lived in China for nearly 6 years now and my job is risk management so the political issues and social issues addressed in the article are in my opinion the most relevant and pressing for the Government and people of China today and into the future.

There are however a raft of associated problems bubbling away under the surface that have the potential to create massive destabilising effects. For example the number of migrant workers is hugely under estimated by the Western media reports, and this is a particular section of society that is hard done by. The government realise that the migrant and rural communities are their achilles heel and are attempting to redress the problems. Although having said that the rampant corruption across the provinces is hindering progress severely and the migrant community is growing increasingly vocal. It this perhaps this area of the growing gap between rich and poor and the associated corruption that will create the circumstances for a new form of Chinese democracy in the future.