The idea that China would not work as a democracy simply because they have no "democratic tradition" is one of the most ridiculous things I've read on this forum... guess what neither did most of Western Europe 100 years ago.
Indeed. The circumstances of the establishment of democracy and then (often) how the first democratic rulers act in power are more important (often) than any 'democratic tradition'. Post-Soviet democracy didn't fail in Russia because Russia lacks a democratic tradition (even though it does), for instance...
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