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We have all heard that China is not really a Communist country, but quite democratic, which trades with the West and is opening up to a capitalist consumer-based economy.
But what is democracy, when lust for capitalist development prevails and basic human rights are trampled upon?
Sky News reports:
"Increasing numbers of people are being killed, beaten and harassed in China as part of a local government land-grab."
According to Amnesty International, local governments in China have borrowed huge sums of money from state banks and are relying on land sales to cover the payments.
People both in towns and the countryside are being attacked, beaten and even killed in order to force them from their homes or from farmland.
Amnesty International states: "local officials continue to sanction or turn a blind eye to the harassment of residents by developers using ruthless tactics to force people out of their homes."
The report also concludes that the police rarely investigate such incidents.
Incidents include the hiring of thugs wielding steel rods and knives, dragging away women and beating them.
In one case, a woman was buried alive in her home as it was knocked down, in another, a woman who had petitioned the local authorities was beaten and forced to undergo sterilisation, while other residents who had accompanied her in handing in the petition were taken and beaten up.
And so we may ask ourselves, what propaganda are we being fed on, when we hear that China is a great economic partner and a democratic state?
Where does democracy end and when does the law of private capitalist speculation take control and rule supreme?
We must never sacrifice democracy and we should not turn a blind eye to what goes on in China, lest we too one day should fall victim to ruthless speculators, perhaps acting on behalf of authorities.
For now, let's not accept that "China is a democratic country".