Shame the national egovernment e-democracy millions came to nothing because there’s a fascinating relationship developing between television and the idea of democracy.

In China, the population can’t vote for politicians and the people who run the country*, but they can vote for people on television shows .

How much longer can that continue for?

*NB - those of us in the west might get to vote for MPs, but the vast majority of us have no say in who actually runs the country.