Why does Axl use "China democracy" as the title?

[Yuessy]

Have you ever thougt about this question?

The below is the lyric of the song....of course ,i'm not sure that  it is the right lyric ....

Chinese Democracy

by Guns N' Roses

It don’t really matter

You’ll find out for yourself

No it don’t really matter

You’re gonna leave this thing to somebody else

If they missionaries
Real time visionaries
Sitting in a Chinese school
To view my dis-infatu-ation
I know that I’m a classic case
Watch my disenchanted face
Blame it on the Falun Gong
They've seen the end and you can’t hold on now

Cause it would take a lot more hate than you
To stop the fascination
Even with an iron fist
Our baby got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time

Cause it would take a lot more time than you
I've got more masturbation
Even with your iron fist
More than you got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time
More than you got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time

You think you got it all locked up inside
And if you beat them all up they’ll die
Then you’ll walk them home for the cells
Then now you’ll dig for your road back to hell
And with your ???? makes you stop
As if your eyes were their eyes you can tell
In your lack of time

And what do you think of  China's democracy?no matter how much you know China.....

[Piniata]

China has democracy? Right. I think China's Red Capitalism is an interesting idea, North Korea and Cuba should adopt it.

[Bluest ii]

Been there, done that, no thanks.

[Yuessy]

China has democracy? Right. I think China's Red Capitalism is an interesting idea, North Korea and Cuba should adopt it.

to some extent ,i agree with you......
89y64,Tibet,and TiWan.....maybe all show that China has no Democracy

.......no words...

[Yuessy]

Been there, done that, no thanks.

i cannot understand what you mean...Will you  say a little clearly?

[Bluest ii]

Sorry, that's the best I am able to express it.

[Appetite4ChineseDe]

Possibly one of the best titles for an album ever, quite symbolic and quite a contraversial topic.. I wouldn't have the cd named anything else  

[Bluest ii]

old

[daveyjc]

i like it as an album name, yet me don't know for sure that it is still called that

[Forcemaster]

If I remember correctly, Axl wrote chinese democracy (the song) after watching some film, can't remember what it was called though.

[Appetite4ChineseDe]

i like it as an album name, yet me don't know for sure that it is still called that

It will be, no point in wasting a perfectly sexy name such as chinese democracy after we've been salivating for the cd under said name for over a decade..

[daveyjc]

i like it as an album name, yet me don't know for sure that it is still called that

It will be, no point in wasting a perfectly sexy name such as chinese democracy after we've been salivating for the cd under said name for over a decade..

things can change, when was the last time we actually heard him say chinese democracy, he didnt say it in rio in 2001 or at the VMA's, and as for the band members i doubt there kept well informed on the process of the CD

[misterbrownstone]

he chose that name because it's ironic, and after the original title, 2000 Intentions, was scrapped (because it was past the year 2000), he chose something that WOULDN'T happen betweent then and when he releases the album.

[jujuhound]

If I remember correctly, Axl wrote chinese democracy (the song) after watching some film, can't remember what it was called though.

He wrote the song after watching the movie "Kundun."  Which came out in 1997.  So I guess the song's around 7 or 8 years old now.  Around 1999 the rumored title was "Oh My God."  

I agree Chinese Democracy was a cool title when it was first revealed in 2000.  Now it's kind of become symbolic for disappointment and failure.  (Because of the disastrous 2002 tour & half a decade delay in the release)  He should call it something else now.  Make a fresh start.  

Plus it's become sort of a joke.  With Offspring threatening to call their last album "Chinese Democracy.... You Snooze, you lose."  

Axl could call it GnR IV considering this is his fourth studio album and fourth incarnation of the group.