Agreeing with Professor Pan Wei that maintaining stability in China and preventing war between China and the United States are at least as important as the democratization of China, this article considers the experiences of Russia, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong for clues as to whether China can control corruption and continue the economic reform process without significant political reform, concluding that gradual democratization is the best way to maintain stability, prevent war, check corruption and promote further economic reform.