Thai Lessons for China
Chinese media have shown images of the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok without any apparent bias. Indeed, there is no need to embellish the political message: if a relatively well-off and religious country can so rapidly degenerate into bloody class warfare, what would happen if the Chinese Communist Party lost its monopoly on power?
BEIJING – Whatever the effects of political turmoil in Thailand, they are not helping the cause of democracy in China. The images of pro-democracy protesters and the subsequent military crackdown in downtown Bangkok have been openly shown in Chinese media without any apparent bias. Indeed, there is no need to embellish the political message for China.
BEIJING – Whatever the effects of political turmoil in Thailand, they are not helping the cause of democracy in China. The images of pro-democracy protesters and the subsequent military crackdown in downtown Bangkok have been openly shown in Chinese media without any apparent bias. Indeed, there is no need to embellish the political message for China.