Let a thousand democracies bloom« Thread Started on Jul 6, 2007, 10:52am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Let a thousand democracies bloomBy David Shambaugh Published: July 6, 2007read at source> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/06/ ... sham.phpAs the 17th Congress of China's Communist Party approaches this autumn, party organizations in Beijing are abuzz with talk of democracy. Expect lots of "democracy" initiatives at the Congress. Some of these were signaled in an important speech by the party general secretary, Hu Jintao, to Politburo members and others at the Central Party School on June 25th.