There are not meaningful free and fair elections in the PRC.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 17:07:03 +0800, hslaw mij wrote
(in article <g0goco$mvf$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> 
> "Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.C451F9DE003B651AF01846D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 12:46:39 +0800, hslaw mij wrote
>> (in article <g0gbe8$m9d$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> 
>>> 
>>> CCP had liberated the people from the control of warlords in China and

>>> became
>> 
>>> their legitimate leaders. CCP are elected as leader and government
under a
>>> different election system.
>> 
>> They were not elected. There is no "different election system". Either
there
>> are multiple candidates, each free to campaign, and secret ballots, or
there
>> is not an election.
>> 
> 
> China, Honk Kong and Macau have their own election system.

False. Except for positions like village chief (which unfortunately have
no 
power) there are no elections at all in China.

Hong Kong has a limited system. The "mayor" is appointed by the CCP
(acting 
thru 800 representatives selected by the CCP). About half of the city 
legislature is elected.

I am not familiar with the details of Macau, but considering the fact that

Hong Kong's local government is not elected, I would be astonished if
Macau's 
were.


> There is no one 
> election system that will be fair or that is suitable to the whole world
! 

Yes, and no.

Certain basic features are common to all systems of democratic elections: 
freedom of speech, several candidates, secret ballot and so on.

The other details vary from place to place.

> Even the US system is not the best system.

The US system contains the minimum basic features common to all democratic

elections.

>Hillary and Obama are equally sup****ted by 
> the Democrats, both should be allowed to stand for election against the 
> Republican old man.

That is your opinion (and a silly one -- no political party would offer
two 
candidates, splitting its vote, letting a weaker but more united win).

-- 
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive 
crossposts.)


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