Wild idea. First, heres my take. The massive protests weve been watching in hong kong highlight something we often tend to forget, the fragility of the chinese political system. Chinas rise has been something of a miracle. It is quite simply the most successful case of Economic Development in human history. The countrys gdp has grown around 10 a year for 40 years, moving more than 850 Million People out of poverty. China has also proved to be the greatest exception to a near iron law of politics. Decades of Political Science research have shown that there is a fairly strong connection between Economic Growth and democracy. As countries modernize their economies, typically theyre also forced to change their societies and eventually their political systems to make them more open, accountable and democratic. Now, there are outliers such as oil rich countries which gain their wealth without any need to modernize. But china is the real outlier. China got richer but stayed resolutely nondemo
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