Some experts argue that China does not intend to Westernize or liberalize, but only to modernize. Do you think people in China understand what democracy is and want it?
Not at this moment. But anyone who would differentiate between Westernization and modernization is just talking rubbish. Take out the western culture and what else is modern? Nothing. The technology is Western, the trendy culture is Western, all this modernization is Westernization. China is prosperous today because it deals and interacts with the West. No, democracy isn't on normal people's radars yet. China will be open to it only when the economic cycle turns down. And when that happens, China will be in chaos.

How so?

In other countries, when there is a recession, you have churches, temples, charities, NGOs, civic organizations, unions and other institutions reaching out to help each other. They are shock absorbers. In China, you don't have any of this. Organizations that are not governmental are not allowed. In China, you have two pillars: the market and the government. If the market fails, the government will be dragged down because there is nothing in the middle.

任何一个组织都是人组成的，一定有缺陷。可只有在一种简单的思维方式下，才会把一切问题仅仅分成好坏两种状态，而忽略了纯粹的好和纯粹的坏是不存在的。

把国内媒体和舆论在这次事件之前和这次事件之后对于这个组织的报道做一个对比，也许是有意思的事情：之前，记者无国界每年评的新闻自由度排行虽然不见得全面和完全公平，但基本上在国内的非官方领域还是受到肯定的。毋庸讳言，大陆的新闻制度很糟糕，如果没有外界的批评力量，改革的动力更小。去年十一月，有媒体报道，“记者.无国界”总干事罗伯特•梅纳德（也就是这次被攻击得体无完肤的人）访问中国，进行了建设性的接触，并分析央府正在逐渐接受记者无国界的理念云云。那时候的记者无国界还是以正面形象出现的。但事隔不到半年，双方就大打出手，建设性的意见完全消失。

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