GENEVA – Asia’s political spectrum ranges from the brutal despotism of North Korea to the enlightened constitutional monarchy of Bhutan (so enlightened that it developed Gross National Happiness as an alternative measure to Gross Domestic Product), with many shades in between. But the old charge that Asia is ill-suited for Western-style democracy is being leveled again.
日内瓦—亚洲是个政治多样化的地区，从朝鲜的残暴独裁到不丹的开明君主立宪（开明到什么程度呢？开发了一个国民幸福总值的测量指标来取代国内生产总值）都能在这里找到。但关于亚洲不适合西方式民主的论调再一次日嚣尘上。这样的质疑正确吗？