China's governance system may not be "democratic" in the Western liberal sense, but it is attuned to the people because therein lies "the mandate of heaven."
Sixth Tone
China’s ‘Mass Line’ Moves Online
Cai Tianji
Sixth Tone
China’s ‘Mass Line’ Moves Online
Cai Tianji
Dictators are always attuned, sometimes too much so (leading to violent paranoia) to the real feelings of the populace. Procedural democracy trumps tyrannical ear to the ground every day. I am not defending illiberal states, such as the US or France (and others), which pass themselves as democratic while disregarding popular will in favour of oligarchs' preferences. In some cases -- take Julius Nyerere and the MCC -- a single party state really represents the people -- but not the Chinese government's that's for sure.
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