Politics grows out of civil society and culture. A political system is not an artificial structure that can be imposed willy-nilly anywhere at anytime. Look how long Russia's "democracy" lasted. It only took ten years for the Czar to reappear, and by popular demand. This doesn't mean political systems can never change; however, the people have to actually want a democracy in the first place. Do Chinese want a democracy? If one says "yes," it …showed first 75 words of 1266 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1266 total…China adopts a capitalist system and still calls it "socialist," and then declares the triumph of socialism over capitalism because of its amazing economic growth (due to capitalism)....well, one can only laugh at that farce. Finally, ask Chinese who live in polluted squalor who are constantly bilked by the CCP if the "dictatorship is delivering the goods." Of course, the CCP is delivering the goods to the coastal elites -- but on whose backs?