Do you think democracy can actually work in China?

[Boston Bread]

Only a handful countries have had a long democratic tradition, that's not a problem. And fracturing hasn't destroyed India which has never been unified for long until now while China has been unified for most of its history so that isn't a problem either. However if the CPC remains unified after a democracy is established I could see them becoming a catch-all party which keeps China a single-party state, and it wouldn't be a liberal democracy. What would be interesting would be how a CPC split what look like if it happened.

[Boston Bread]

I'm thinking of a scenario where CPC allows limited democracy while under massive public pressure which doesn't sufficiently exist today. In that case I think China would remain a single-party state under CPC since it would still be the route to power.

[Boston Bread]

That scenario would eventually lead to a more liberal democracy; I can imagine gradual change in China easier than I can imagine a revolution.

Monarchism is dead in China, my impression is that the last dynasty is considered too foreign and they did a rather poor job in their last century in power. In a multi-party system there would be a KMT analogue, but they would not call or associate themselves with the KMT because their most powerful members will come from former CPC operatives.