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China has eveolved into a 'Socialist Democracy'.
Chinese Socialist Democracy is a term used by the Communist Party leaders in China to describe aspects of their system which they assert embody participatory representative government.
For example, in a November 23, 2002 interview, the Chinese ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiaoming, said:
"I think what we are practicing today is Chinese socialist democracy, which is represented by the National People's Congress and a broad participation of the Chinese people. In fact, in today's China, the political participation at the grassroots level is much higher than any western country you can name of. We have grassroots level democracy demonstrated by village election. The turnout is 99 percent, i.e. 99% of villagers participating in this political process to elect their village leaders, comparing with only less than 50% of participation in election process in many western countries."
People in West need to understand that democracy will thrive only if it is according to the norms of a given society. For example, if Canadian democracy is imposed in the US then Southern States will break away because they will not accept gay rights and other liberties.
If majority of Chinese are not complaining against the present system then it means their system works whether they call it socialism or they call it Chinese Socialist Democracy.
Chinese Socialist Democracy is a term used by the Communist Party leaders in China to describe aspects of their system which they assert embody participatory representative government.
For example, in a November 23, 2002 interview, the Chinese ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiaoming, said:
"I think what we are practicing today is Chinese socialist democracy, which is represented by the National People's Congress and a broad participation of the Chinese people. In fact, in today's China, the political participation at the grassroots level is much higher than any western country you can name of. We have grassroots level democracy demonstrated by village election. The turnout is 99 percent, i.e. 99% of villagers participating in this political process to elect their village leaders, comparing with only less than 50% of participation in election process in many western countries."
People in West need to understand that democracy will thrive only if it is according to the norms of a given society. For example, if Canadian democracy is imposed in the US then Southern States will break away because they will not accept gay rights and other liberties.
If majority of Chinese are not complaining against the present system then it means their system works whether they call it socialism or they call it Chinese Socialist Democracy.