tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post2059497866028048676..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Is the 21st century a promising age for autocrats?Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-86152773723793753682018-04-03T22:03:38.798+10:002018-04-03T22:03:38.798+10:00So the short answer to your title question is: Yes...So the short answer to your title question is: Yes.<br /><br />China shows no signs of becoming a democratic state - i.e. a state where the Party would voluntarily surrender power to someone else. In fact, it will deploy surveillance technologies against its own population to a far greater extent than War-on-Terror fixated Western states. And as economic growth inevitably slows, the Party will Matt Moorenoreply@blogger.com