3 school kids compete to be class representative. Instead of running for the good, they ran for power. Instead of arguing fairly, they resort to dirty tricks to destroy their competitors. It was surprising to see this in kids, I guess especially from a Westerner's eye. I myself had not thought of Chinese politics in this manner.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7030725.stm
This shows how much culture can change the way an organization works. Also, it shows how things can turn out badly if one type of organizational processes, e.g. democracy, is copied in a different cultural environment without scrutiny. I think every cultural environment has a way to select the best course of actions and balancing power between different social groups. We need to see how that happens before we can truly say if demoncracy or other types of government is good for the country.
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