Bill GreenCHINA PERSECUTES NEW LIFE
December 17th 2008 11:30
China does have some new life. Since the Olympics, according to the Washington Post, a group called Charter 2008, has attempted to begin a new movement of academics and writers, who want to democratize China. Already members have been arrested but the movement is growing rapidly. Charter 2008 has spelled out its anxiety.
Their document bluntly refutes the idea that China offers a global political alternative. Instead, it argues that China is "the only country among the major nations that remains mired in authoritarian politics." The result, it says, is that "our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all human civilization." Charter 2008 spells out 19 steps for reform, including a new constitution, freedom of speech and assembly, an independent judiciary and democratic elections for all levels of government.
It can only get better.
Their document bluntly refutes the idea that China offers a global political alternative. Instead, it argues that China is "the only country among the major nations that remains mired in authoritarian politics." The result, it says, is that "our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all human civilization." Charter 2008 spells out 19 steps for reform, including a new constitution, freedom of speech and assembly, an independent judiciary and democratic elections for all levels of government.
It can only get better.
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