What Is Political Reform?
Oct 8, 2010
Now just yesterday here on China Take we spoke about a number of public statements by China’s premier, Wen Jiabao, calling for political reform. And the premier seems quite clear about what he means. In a recent CNN interview he said: "I believe I and all the Chinese people have such conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes and need for democracy and freedom are irresistible." While everyone in China is aware of and has benefited from economic reform over the past thirty years, what do the ordinary people understand by this phrase ‘political reform’? Well we went out on the streets of Beijing and asked.
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