Many Chinese thinkers believe that democracy will cause many problems; people may form protesting riots; the gap between rich and poor will be intensified; the political elite may be corrupted. Also, democracy might hurt the domestic economy because focusing the international relations like Special Economic Zone may bring the lack of domestic consumption and bankruptcy in the rural economy. Additionally, some Chinese thinkers conjure up cases of failing images of democracy: the collapse of the former Soviet Union which followed Gorbachev’s political liberalization; the so-called ‘people’s democracy’ of China’s own Cultural Revolution; and the risk of an independent Taiwan. Especially for the Cultural Revolution, China has a grieved memory; many infrastructures were destroyed and thousands of people were killed. Eventually, due to a fear that democracy has a potential to bring chaos, China hesitated to accept
Many Chinese thinkers believe that democracy will cause many problems; people may form protesting riots; the gap between rich and poor will be intensified; the political elite may be corrupted. Also, democracy might hurt the domestic economy because focusing the international relations like Special Economic Zone may bring the lack of domestic consumption and bankruptcy in the rural economy. Additionally, some Chinese thinkers conjure up cases of failing images of democracy: the collapse of the former Soviet Union which followed Gorbachev’s political liberalization; the so-called ‘people’s democracy’ of China’s own Cultural Revolution; and the risk of an independent Taiwan. Especially for the Cultural Revolution, China has a grieved memory; many infrastructures were destroyed and thousands of people were killed. Eventually, due to a fear that democracy has a potential to bring chaos, China hesitated to accept