Java Man wrote:

My eventual conclusion was that capitalism is more likely
to accelerate China's evolution to a democracy than to perpetuate
the Chinese Communist Party.

I'd say that's the hope and I agree. But there's a little man in my
head that does wonder sometimes if something unforseen and terrible
could come out of a really big and really rich communist/capitalist
hybrid with 1.3 billion people.

Joe Barta