China Making Slow Progress Towards More Democracy In Their Government

In the National People's Congress and other top legislative bodies of the Communist government of China, there is at least some slow evolution towards more democracy probably driven by China's massive economy and more open trade with the world community.

More and more, Communist legislators in this one party government are actively seeking opinions of rank and file citizens on legislation as well a s showing a concern that legislation more fully reflect the public will and opinions. These baby steps towards more democracy within the one party rule formula do represent more democracy for China, where the will of the people is increasingly an important part.

China may be far, far from allowing multiparty elections or other steps really considered a part of a real democracy. But the growing will of government lawmakers to respect public opinion is at least a reasonable step towards democracy in this massive nation of 1.3 billion persons.

China is increasingly playing a major role in reponsible peacekeeping efforts with the UN, foreign aid to poor nations in Africa, and other steps that making it a respected nation in the world community. As more foreign trade pours into China, there is less isolation and China begins to fit in well with the Western world.

In small steps, the Chinese government seems to be evolving into a more open and reasonable institution, and will perhaps represent a sort of quasidemocracy somewhere down the road as long as some major situation like a dispute over Taiwan does not act to roll back progress.