{"id":35323,"date":"2009-03-09T11:39:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=35323"},"modified":"2009-03-09T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T22:47:48","slug":"wu-bangguo-%e5%90%b4%e9%82%a6%e5%9b%bd-china-will-not-have-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/03\/wu-bangguo-%e5%90%b4%e9%82%a6%e5%9b%bd-china-will-not-have-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Bangguo (\u5434\u90a6\u56fd): China ‘Will not Have Democracy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wu Bangguo<\/a>, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which is currently meeting in Beijing, said today that China will never adopt Western-style democracy. From BBC<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n“We must draw on the achievements of all cultures,” he told delegates in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.<\/p>\n

“But we will never simply copy the system of Western countries or introduce a system of multiple parties holding office in rotation,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Although China’s state organs have different responsibilities, they all adhere to the line, principles and policies of the Party.”<\/p>\n

Correspondents say Mr Wu’s statement appeared to be a deliberate rejection of calls in China and abroad for greater liberalisation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also a Xinhua report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Wu’s statement is on every major Chinese news website<\/a>, comments from netizens about his statement have been widely banned or selectively posted<\/a>. Here is one blogger’s reaction: a simple screenshot<\/a> showing that the commentary function on this news item was closed on China.com, with a caption “Shhh…. Be careful of the river crabs<\/strong>.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

\"wubangguo\"<\/p>\n

More Chinese blogger’s comments about Wu’s statement, please see here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"79fcff03986ec6a9d43f7c29\"<\/p>\n

The above screenshot is from netease.com<\/a>, one of China’s top news portals. The statistics on the upper-right corner read: “495 comments, showing 9 items.” Netease then closed the comments feature under this news item. So did Sina. On Sohu, similar page reads<\/a>: “14684 comments, showing 316 items.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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