Reposted for those interested in China's democracy
On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 1:11:45 PM UTC, ltlee1 wrote:
1. "China Is More Democratic Than America, Say the People A survey suggests that many who live in democracies don’t actually feel like they do."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-26/which-nations-are-democracies-some-citizens-might-disagree
Chinese people recognize the importance of democracy. With this understanding, they also consider China a democracy. There is a gap between their democratic idealism and their democratic reality. But the gap is not as large as "Western democratic
nations."
2. "Chinese democracy puts Western illusion in dust" http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/0303/c90000-9551962.html
This is how Chinese leaders see democracy. Pragmatic and results oriented. Basically, a democracy is only a democracy to the extent that it can solve the people's problems, short term as well as long term. And it must serve all the people, not this or
that special group.
"Democracy is not a decoration, but a means of solving problems.
The true meaning of people's democracy is finding the best way to coordinate the aspirations and demands of the whole of society and making decisions that conform to the long-term interest of the people.
It is different from a system where some here-today-gone-tomorrow politicians obtain power in turn, often failing to keep their pre-elections promises.
To govern, in China, also means to serve.
While parties in the West increasingly represent special interest groups, Chinese democracy sees people, not capital, as the most important factor in society.
Chinese leaders are listening attentively to the people and responding to their demands.
The priorities of the Chinese government are how to keep the economy growing, provide better education, housing, environment, employment and healthcare for almost 1.4 billion people and maintaining social cohesion and peace and while achieving greater
prosperity for all the people.
Over the past decades, China has been improving dramatically, not only economically but also ecologically, socially and culturally. China's independence, sovereignty, security and the interests of development are well safeguarded."
3. "Understanding CCP Resilience: Surveying Chinese Public Opinion Through Time"
https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/final_policy_brief_7.6.2020.pdf
This policy brief presents the results of how the CCP led government had implement broad national policies and improve personnel performance locally to earn good rating and trust from the people.
"We find that first, since the start of the survey in 2003, Chinese citizen satisfaction with government has increased virtual-ly across the board. From the impact of broad national policies to the conduct of local town officials, Chinese citizens rate
the government as more capable and effective than ever before. Interestingly, more marginalized groups in poorer, inland regions are actually comparatively more likely to report increases in satisfaction. Second, the attitudes of Chinese citizens appear
to respond (both positively and negatively) to real changes in their material well-being, which suggests that sup-port could be undermined by the twin challenges of declining economic growth and a deteriorating natural environment."
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