DC girl, Xie Xie Xiao Mei= Thank You, Small Sister.. or thank you, Miss Beautiful:-) " Not necessarily, there are more examples of states taking 25-30 yrs in average to democratize, than states who have democratized in less than 10 yrs. it does take a painstakingly long time (only in some states that have a history of political society, less repressive authoritarian regimes, and numerous other factors that contribute to democracy, have democratized relatively faster than others. How many years has it been since the French Revolution?), but as Anil Ji in his posting has said, if we can endure, the end result will be worth it. " Waiting and enduring at this point is going to be more terrible, in my view. " China is an entirely different and an exceptional case. you might already know, given China's type of regime and economic development, critics are examining China as a separate domain of political and economic system (i had a friend who compared India's liberal democracy and China's communism to compare development in these two countries). " I don't know which critic is examining China that way since I have not followed up on new materials/scholarship on China lately. Please do provide me with the names of the books and articles that you read on this. Thanks god, posts are getting shorter and shorther now. :-)