Why does the Chinese Government at the start of the 21st Century refuse to give its people democratic rights, despite encouraging private enterprise in industry, commerce & agriculture and how do you see this situation developing in the next few years?

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Why does the Chinese Government at the start of the 21st Century refuse to give its people democratic rights, despite encouraging private enterprise in industry, commerce & agriculture and how do you see this situation developing in the next few years?

China in the past few years has faced growing problems regarding its expanding economy. The Chinese government have begun to reform China huge economy, however even these small reforms have begun to contradict the Marxist principals which the Chinese Communist Party placed so highly. The encouraging of private enterprise and free markets, have given birth to China's first millionaires, so in a country that principals state everyone is equal, how is it that some Chinese appear more equal than others? And will China continue its reform in both economical and political terms, and evolve into a democracy like Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, or will the Chinese Communist Party attempt to keep a strict political reign even with the intrusion of television and the Internet.

There were and still are clear needs for economic change. Mao Zedong's huge projects almost crippled China's economy; the production of useless steel and the neglect of crops caused huge