Barriers to Democracy in China

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This paper explores Lawrence F. Kaplan's article "Trade Barrier: Why Trade won't bring Democracy to China." Issues affecting the democratization of China are examined including a lack of wide interest in political change, Chinese property rights and fear of persecution.

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"It is widely believed that economic liberty follows political freedom. And the one reason why United States has not been doing anything concrete to hasten the democratization process in China is because it firmly believes in this notion. Almost every policy that United States has made so far in connection with China incorporates this vague idea and the results have been close to negligent if not downright negative. United States maintains that once China starts trading freely with the rest of the world, it will automatically be forced to bring some political changes and that would lead to democracy. But it is easier said than done. For reasons best known to U.S. policymakers, this idea is consistently being reiterated in every congressional speech including the ones delivered by President Bush."

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