Comments on: Hu reassures Africa?

By: Tommy Miles

Tommy Miles — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:41:32 +0000

Please note that while GW Bush was elected (twice) he failed to win the popular vote the first time and the electoral system broke down the weighted regional voting system was so close. The supreme court had to stop the counting of votes and pick a winner.

Hitler, despite a popular misconception, was neither popularly elected nor won a majority of German votes (at least not until AFTER he’d taken power and rigged the system). He was jobbed into power by a backroom political deal by conservative parties who thought they could control him in a minority government.

This is important why? If you’re going to throw out democratic principles based on two notorious examples of political systems in which democratic principles are ignored, then you might first try a better, more direct democracy. People have the right to rule themselves, and Africans have the same human rights (including food, shelter, dignity, and self rule) as everyone else. Accepting an either/or deal is where both the West and China went wrong: don’t replicate our mistakes.

By: Kola Atolagbe

Kola Atolagbe — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:15:31 +0000

Africa and Africans cannot afford to trust anybody again. What we also cannot afford to do is to isolate ourself, the watchword here is caution, extreme caution. Talks of elections, human rights and the fight against corruption are simply smoke screen primarily for the furtherance of western interests with interest of Africa and Africans been secondary. Where are the monies stolen from Africa kept? In European banks! America demonstrated its double standard by its romance with Libya…Libya is actually not bad, except for allegedly sponsoring terorism which it has long given up, except that it kept thwating American/Europe interests. Libya is not democratic, is it? African countries should watch out that China does not subvert their interest for commercial interest and profit.

By: John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:45:38 +0000

Frankly, as far as elections are concerned, do we have to be proud that Adolf Hitler and George W Bush WHERE democratically elected ?

Face it, democracy (and dramatically more so as the governed amount rises) is only another word for BEAUTY contest, as groups of people DO NOT THINK as individuals do …

The political system in China is not philosophically perfect, but it WORKS at producing pretty good ideas !!!

By: Unity

Unity — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:28:25 +0000

Africa is cronically unstable , politically. China is an option for rescue at some hard times. At such, we cannot consider long term political forecasting when it comes to Africa. I hope that the Chinese could make the profit they expect .