China Since the Square

However admirable China’s democracy movement may have been last June (1989), its goals should not be confused with what we call “democracy” in the West. The Beijing Goddess of Democracy may have looked like the Statue of Liberty, but the people who erected it also sang the “Internationale.” No doubt, the people in Tiananmen Square wanted a more responsive and less corrupt government, and they favored greater civil liberties. But if you had asked about competitive...