[malaeisd]

That was my experience too. We have to understand that the younger middle class is only a generation removed from the Cultural Revolution.

So they hear stories from their grandparents and parents about people starving to death because of the famines.

These things will take time. As the Chinese get more comfortable, those younger people will join the system and change it form within.

Remember that South Korea, Singapore, and even Taiwan were dictatorships that improved their quality of life significantly before they became democracies.

[studentrob]

Singapore does not choose its Presidential candidates [1]

In Taiwan and South Korea, anyone with enough popular support can get on the ballot.

From the Singapore wiki,

"Potential candidates must obtain certificates of eligibility from the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC), the function of which is to ensure that such persons have the necessary qualifications to be nominated as a candidate for the election" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Singapore#Electio...