China: A new poll reveals mistrust of party cadres - or does it?

The Irish Times reports that a new online poll of 3,000 Chinese citizens shows sex workers and students, among others, enjoy higher levels of trust in the population than do party cadres. However, the methodology of the poll remains unclear, and doubts remain as to whether a poll of a random sample of internet users can be representative of the Chinese population. For your consideration: Internet users in China still tend to be relatively wealthy, well-educated city dwellers.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0805/1224252011160.html