亞洲

Asian democracy must serve the common man
民主不能在亞洲失敗


FT亞洲版主編皮林:今年是亞洲大選年。亞洲多國新生力量對不完善或虛僞的民主制度發起挑戰,本身是好事,但也可能永久地損害民衆對民主的信心。

This is the year of the election in Asia. After last week’s violence-marred contest in Bangladesh, which has left the country in a state of hiatus, elections will follow in fairly rapid succession in Thailand, Afghanistan, Indonesia and India. By the end of May, an electorate representing more than 1.7bn people, roughly a quarter of humanity, will have had its say in five countries.

今年是亞洲的大選年。最近孟加拉選舉引發暴力抗議,導致該國正常的政治秩序出現中斷。隨後,泰國、阿富汗、印尼和印度都將接二連三舉行大選。到5月底,代表逾17億人口(大約相當於全人類的四分之一)的這五個亞洲國家的選民都會通過投票來表達自己的意願。

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