China Mouthpiece Warns HK of Taiwan-Style Chaos

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's official mouthpiece Friday warned Hong Kong for the first time of the chaos it can expect if it presses ahead with demands for speedy democratic reforms, using Taiwan's election turmoil as an example.

"Democracy is promising as a theory, but in reality it is something entirely different," the official China Daily said in a commentary written by Xiao Ping.

"If it is fostered in a radical way that is more than the local community can handle, the inevitable outcome is the disruption of the original social order while a new one is not yet established, resulting in the paralysis of governance and social chaos."

Taiwan's incumbent President Chen Shui-bian was re-elected by the thinnest of margins last Saturday after an assassination attempt but the island has since plunged into chaos with the opposition demanding a vote recount and even a re-election.

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