Less democracy better for India, says Mahathir

[Lyrical Mockery]

Sorry, China and India are two different countries and two very different people.
What works for China would not necessarily work for India. Though the market model of China is worth emulating, the system of governance is not suited for Indian conditions.

 

[harpoon]

Aw..... come on ! Just tell me how much did you get ?

Don't you know...5cents for every pro-CPC comment.

 

[Korean]

china has the best system, the rulers can rule as long as the country is doing well and people's lives are getting better.

By your logic, KMT should rule China instead of CCP since people are financially better off under KMT's rule than CCP's rule.

Or better yet, the British government beats both KMT and CCP based on Hong Kong's performance.

 

[Oy.vey]

I'm afraid India has been caught in the western narrative of liberal democracy vs everyone else, which is more propaganda than objective assessment. It's a legacy of cold war thinking, that unless countries like India are willing to cast aside, will never be able to truly assess themselves in a objective manner that is not coloured by foreign influences. Taiwan is particularly poignant example of what can happen when foreign(mostly western) influences dictate their democratic process, they will never rule themselves, even if they were to declare for independence.

Asia Times Online :: Unwelcome mail in Ma's letterbox

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party has struggled to find a response to a stream of open letters to President Ma Ying-jeou by a group of Western academics, lobbyists and diplomats that take aim at "the erosion of justice and democracy" under Ma's rule [1].

The letters from a group representing the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia are arriving thick and fast in the run-up to the island's presidential and legislature elections in 2012. While the KMT is having a hard time taking the missives lightly, the constant attacks from overseas are an unexpected boon for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Ranging from a former chairman of the US de facto embassy in

Taipei to vociferous advocates for Taiwanese independence based in the West - between them the group forms an academic elite of research on East Asian affairs.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I'm afraid India has been caught in the western narrative of liberal democracy vs everyone else, which is more propaganda than objective assessment. It's a legacy of cold war thinking, that unless countries like India are willing to cast aside, will never be able to truly assess themselves in a objective manner that is not coloured by foreign influences. Taiwan is particularly poignant example of what can happen when foreign(mostly western) influences dictate their democratic process, they will never rule themselves, even if they were to declare for independence.

LMAO Taipei Times is the English version of Liberty Times? That explains their anti-China racism.

Even more laughable is how a group of old whites are telling Taiwanese how to think.

 

[Lyrical Mockery]

Even more laughable is how a group of old whites are telling Taiwanese how to think.

What is worse is the Taiwanese listening to the westerners instead of trying to mend relations with China and negotiating a peaceful unification.

 

[TrMhMt]

china has the best system.

What did you smoke dude?

 

[patna_ke_presley]

the chinese system is whooping ur corrupt mob rule system.
every government has corruption but democracies have crooks but goes unpunished.

Please have a visit on your corruption ranking, you are little better than India.