Do you think democracy can actually work in China?

[hangfan91]

China has never had a democratic government in its 2000+ year history, being ruled mostly by an Imperial bureaucracy with the Emperor at head, followed by a period of Nationalist government and warlordism, then Communism for the past 60+ years.

For all those people who say China needs to transition to a democratic system, do you think democracy will actually work in China? Since they never had elections before, do you think the results of democracy would lead to a fracturing of the country and destruction (like the CPC claims)?

India has had democracy since 1947 but it's very messy and things in general get done a lot slower than when compared to the one-party authoritarian govt in China.