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Democracy, ethics, and China’s post-Olympic challenge（Jottings from the Granite Studio）
已经不再是简单的评论，而是深入的思考，文章后的跟贴也都很有意思，建议一并看看。
比如：What of local or provincial elections? What about encouraging China to end its tight control on the media and open discussion of sensitive topics, allow for free assembly, the right to peacefully demonstrate, and provide its citizens unhindered access to the courts to pursue these rights while freeing the judiciary to make decisions on the merits of the case rather than the political requirements of the local Party secretary? Do these not count as forms of democratization?
关于民主的含义，除了选举这一形式之外，上述的内容其实更具实际意义。
问题的关键是，一个政体，如果不是经由选举产生，那么它有没有可能推动这些具体内容的进步？