A text of Emilia-Anne Leroux
This week I am pleased to attend a whole week of conferences and expert analysis on various topics in relation to current Chinese law, economics, political, environmental, trade unionism, etc..
is precisely this last point I would like to discuss in this short text. The growing presence and economic power of China is undeniable, and we Westerners are not sure how. Among other things, several "China Watchers" hold staunchly to the idea that, as development progresses China's economic and democracy will follow. I was always a little reluctant to think that this result was obvious, but I never really had much doubt that now.
In fact, there seems to be a great distaste for politics in general in the Chinese civil society. Chinese youth no longer dream of democracy as their predecessors did in 1989 so hard and they want to be businessman or economist. This is where the future lies, and, for now, it's what works for China's economic growth. But that's a whole other topic of debate ...
Helen H. Wang, author of "The Chinese Dream", just blog about it. This is an example of a text that glorifies precisely the arrival of the middle class in China who thinks that it is this class that will bring democracy to China. It tells us that "In Fact, Tiananmen Square demonstrator to form / student leader he Told Me That Believes China Will Have a democratic Government Elected in 10 Years. I am hopeful That As The Chinese middle class continues to grow, Will democracy in ARISE ITS TIME. "
" May I write about Controversial issues like Sino-American relations & the suppression of democracy in China, But I Do not protest in the Streets and I MOST Certainly Do not Want To Lead the next revolution. "Writes the author http://angrychineseblogger.blog-city.com/ I think this is an opinion that is widely shared in China. One of our speakers who was born in China, who grew up during the Cultural Revolution and is now a consultant for Canadian companies wishing to invest in China, we expressed a similar thought enough. "For me it's the economy," it's as if everyone in China, swears by the words of Deng Xiaoping, both politically and personally. Today nobody really wants to get involved. Looks bluntly that China's population is saturated with all the policy was the central axis of Chinese life during the Maoist decades: everything was tinged with politics in every moment of his life, both public and private sectors. Now if they find more freedom in their private lives, they choose to let go of this policy.
It must be that this policy is not so bad? Precisely, the public does not seem to be against the Chinese Communist Party. Generally, Chinese do not really want democracy: they see no major problem with the way the country is managed by the center. Stephanie Balme, a professor at Sciences Po Paris living in Beijing for several years, we explained the difficulties she experienced trying to convince Chinese students to the importance of democracy for a society of rule of law.
It is precisely why I take a position to contradict all those who think that China will logically a democracy, as if it was the logical extension of its explosion onto the stage of the global economy. Those who think this will be the growing middle class who would vote against the Chinese Communist Party claiming their place in politics are wrong, in my opinion. The reality is that policy reversals have a completely different logic. Power from below to reverse the high social tension comes from. Panem et circenses I say! Bread and Circus: the middle class will be the last to revolt against a government that gave him what she wants and wants it exactly the same thing: the continuation of economic growth. But this is not to say that all McDonald's and eat their content. Those who have no access to their appraisal.
And, more and more. I mean the growth of the movements of trade unions. Only in the Last month, two significant events have occurred that demonstrate the discontent of the poor migrant workers. Notably, the case of Foxconn and manufactures parts for, among other things, the iPhone. Some employees, overwhelmed by the working conditions they face for their meager wages, have thrown down the building. Prompting, by their suicide, a series of reactions to the international face of intolerable conditions of working life. More recently, two Honda plants have experienced events that we have very rarely seen in China. "The Honda Lock strike Forced to suspend production and led Honda Motor to shut icts Chinese assembly lines for more Than a Week. " Chinese Migrant Workers No Longer docile reads the Gazette article on these recent developments. He stressed the importance of the Internet to mobilize these discontented workers.
predictions are often confirmed that aside, and historians usually refrain from doing so. But what I take from everything I've learned this week about the changes underway in China in 2010 is that these classes are always lowered and they will decide about the political scene, who will foot the legitimacy of the party by economic growth. This is what the party fears, but his national union organization does not work at all to calm growing demands of China working. What do you think?
