China and western democracy

Comments on Ron Huisken “Relations with China: Can the imperfect deal with the ideal?” 12/07/2010, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/07/12/relations-with-china-can-the-imperfect-deal-with-the-ideal/
China is different from western democracy and there is no question about it.

On the other hand, China has also been reforming, even though the pace of political reforms has been much slower compared to its economic reforms.

The fixed maximum of two 5 year terms for the top national leader position now seemingly well entrenched is a very important step politically that significantly constrains the behaviours of any top leader.

It is likely that China will move to some kind of more democratic governance than the current form, even though it is uncertain what that will be and how long it will take for it to achieve it.

While the western democracy is prized here, some of the poor policies and wastes by the Rudd government in the past two and a half years suggest that there may be significant room to improve.

One way may be to strengthen public institutions and restrict or limit politicians' power or the processes they have to go through to make policies and implement policies.