The recent Chinese advocacy of a new model social democracy is not simply a response to the American-led Summit of Democracies. It has within it important policy moves aimed at stabilising the Chinese economy, adjusting the trajectory of its growth in relation to global developments and consolidating Communist Party of China’s (CPC) rule in the country. China’s rise as a geopolitical and economic power under an authoritarian one-party system has begun to offer a major challenge to the liberal democracy based on individual rights, multi-party elections, and rule of law. Immediately, it offers a response to the American effort to renew democracy in the face of internal and external challenges and to outcompete China on the economic front.
China’s attempt to redefine democracy (Manoj Joshi, ORF)
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