'China thinks India is a democratic mess'

Richard McGregor, former Financial Times China bureau chief and the author of the illuminating

The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers.

Has published this unique book, which explains 'the party's functions, structures and how political power is exercised through them' in a deeply engaging way with the aid of a rich cast of characters. The book has of course been banned in mainland China.

In the book, the author states that China thinks India is a democratic mess, without really seeking to understand why it is a democracy in the first place.

The book review is available on

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072302424.html

Here is an objective assessment of the Chinese view of India:-

China is right and wrong in its perception of India. Right because world over, democracy does imply a certain degree of anarchy. The degree of anarchy is higher in representative democracies and lower in participatory democracies. Since India still has not graduated to a participatory model and is content with the representative model, messiness is bound to be on the higher side. So China perceiving India as a democratic mess is right to a certain degree. However this model is far superior to the totalitarian model they have adopted. Since any FREEDOM is better than COMFORTABLE SLAVERY.

Also HOME RULE is superior to DICTATORSHIP, be it of an individual or a group, which is what China is. But herein lies the red light for us. If we continue our present model, very likely WE ourselves may start to doubt democracy as anarchy escalates. The only way to offset this possible scenario is to migrate to a better model of democracy that is participatory in nature.

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