(pic: Marco)Alors pour commencer, je me suis livrée à une petite étude sociologique du Shanghai Daily, le journal anglophone officiel de l'actualité shanghaienne, nationale et internationale.
1. Il n'y a pas de rubrique "Politique", pas même entre les rubriques sports et météo.
2. Rubrique "Actualités nationales": pas un article sur le 17ème congrès du PCC.
3. La rubrique "Opinions" est divisées en 4 mentions: opinions chinoises, Shanghai Daily's columnists, opinions étrangères et opinions des lecteurs. Pour les deux premières mentions, les articles "d'opinions" donc concernent la sécurité sociale, le métro, l'université, les sacs plastiques, le réaménagement des parcs et ainsi de suite.
La catégorie opinion étrangère se laisse aller à peu plus de largesse sur des sujets politiques, mais toute de facon on s'en fout parce que c'est des étrangers qui ecrivent.
Enfin, la dernière catégorie (opinion des lecteurs) entérine tout ce qui a été dit dans les précédentes.
Ensuite, je n'arrive pas à lire cet article sur le site du figaro.fr: "Pendant le congrès, et avant les JO, la di************noise pait le prix de 'l'Harmonie'".
Enfin, voilà quelques articles trés instructifs récupérés sur le site du Shanghai Daily.
Le premier a été ecrit par un chinois, mais il n'est pas précisé sa condition (journaliste? columnist? intellectuel?), le deuxième est une réponse par un lecteur étranger apparemment, mais on ne sait toujours pas qui.
"Western capitalist democracy not viable choice for socialist China
Therefore, to develop democracy in China, three things must be well balanced: the leadership of the Communist Party, the master status of the people, and the rule of law.China does not build democracy in a closed or static manner, rather it builds upon its own history as well as the experiences and lessons of democratic movements in foreign countries. There're two kinds of views that need to be corrected. One is that China should espouse democratic socialism, the other is that China should adopt the Western model of capitalist democracy. No one country has a monopoly over democracy. Democracy is never a patent of any country or any system to the exclusion of others. China must say no to the notion that the Western model is the only viable model of democracy.Some people say that China is at best an economic miracle, while its political reform lags far behind. This is not correct. China's political reform has always developed in tandem with its economic reform. For example, China's political system has basically transformed itself from a highly centralized model to a modern socialist model that meshes with a socialist market economy and rule of law.President Hu Jintao's speech at the Central Party School on June 25 reaffirmed that the aim of China's politics is to "serve the people." Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said the development of democracy must take into consideration the interests of the people. Trial political reforms at local levels must all proceed from the concept of "for the people." That means a lot, and the future of socialist democracy is a bright one."
"As is stated, a Western model is not what is required by China. Within the Chinese philosophical tradition is a wealth of ideas that could well draw upon democracy. Not least of all among these are Confucian ideals of benevolent government, emphasis on reconciliation and the belief in moral righteousness, to do what is right regardless of consequence. These ideals should help militate against the problems with Western democracies, log-jammed as they are with playing politics as a market, in which voters are consumers looking for the best deals. Indeed, such (Confucian) ideals could find better expression in a democratic model since they will belong to a government chosen on the basis of these ideals.Western democracies are becoming nothing more than an arena for factional fighting between populist politicians taking their rhetoric and ideals from the front page of the newspapers. It is hoped no one would claim any degree of perfection within their political systems. However, I challenge the idea that they are necessarily, by their very natures, inclined toward conflict."
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