- While people may have a desire for democracy, they may also think that democracy is not suitable for their country. Even though people believe that democracy is inherently good, it may not be suitable for their own countries due to structural or institutional reasons.
Democratic Suitability Findings II - The majority of people in Asia believe that democracy is suitable for their country.
- In Asia, people in China think democracy is most suitable for their country.
- People in Taiwan think democracy is most unsuitable for their society!
- Countries in communist and former communist societies think democracy is most suitable.
Democratic Supply - There is another side of the story – democratic supply.
- 1 means complete dictatorship and 10 means complete democracy, where would you place our country under the present government?
Findings III - The popular evaluation of democratic supply in China ranks third in Asia.
- The popular evaluation of democratic supply given by people in China is higher than what is given by people in Japan.
- The most important factor for democratic transition in a society is not how much democracy people in that society want but the gap between supply and demand.
Puzzle - The majority of people believe democracy is suitable for China.
- But at the same time, the majority believes that the level of democracy in China at the current stage of development is pretty high.
- The gap between democratic supply and demand in the minds of people in Mainland China is smaller than the gap in Mongolia and in Hong Kong.
- In Taiwan, we found a reverse relationship. People believe the region is too democratic.
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