10 Questions for American Democracy - from the CCP

[Randy W]

The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, released on Monday the research report "Ten Questions for American Democracy."

10 Questions for American Democracy

By Global Times
Published: Dec 06, 2021 12:03 PM

Editor's Note:

Democracy should be the right enjoyed by people of different countries rather than the privilege of certain countries. As the so-called Summit for Democracy, US' newest international charade, is about to kick off on Thursday, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, released on Monday the research report "Ten Questions for American Democracy." The report raises 10 questions about American democracy, hoping to help the world fully understand democracy and promote shared values for all humanity.

Question 1: Democracy for the majority or "democracy" for the minority?

1.1 Minority over the majority

1.2 Power serves the capital

1.3 People's will is difficult to truly realize

Question 2:Ensure checks and balances of power or lead to abuse of power?

2.1 Objections for the sake of "objections"

2.2 Legal corruption becomes the norm

2.3 Arbitrary and capricious power

Question 3: Improve people's well-being or deepen people's suffering?

3.1 People's life goes from bad to worse

3.2 Elegy of the middle class

3.3 1% > 90%

Question 4: Defend freedom or hinder freedom?

4.1 "Overloaded personal freedom"

4.2 "That's the story of life"

4.3 False freedom of speech

Question 5: Protect human rights or violate human rights?

5.1 Every year, more than 30,000 people are killed in gun violence

5.2 "Black Lives Matter"

5.3 Near 800,000 lives died in the "massacre"

Question 6: Promote unity or lead to division?

6.1 "Go separate ways"

6.2 "Go back where you came from"

6.3 Torn values

Question 7: Realize dreams or bring nightmares?

7.1 Disillusionment of the American Dream

7.2 American negative energy

7.3 Confusion and despair for the future

Question 8: Improve national governance or lead to system failure?

8.1 The proliferation of "vetocracy"

8.2 The federal and state governments obstruct each other

8.3 "Collapsed" disaster response

Question 9: Bring development and prosperity or disaster and turmoil to other countries?

9.1 "Arab Winter"

9.2 Refugee maker

9.3 Cause catastrophes in other countries

Question 10: Safeguard world peace and development or undermine international order?

10.1 392 military interventions

10.2 "The dollar is our currency, but it's your problem"

10.3 Hegemony, arrogance and bullying

Conclusion

You can download the full report on www.rdcy.org.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/files/Ten-Questions-for-American-Democracy.pdf

[Randy W]

 . . . and Xinhua

Report debunks American democracy ahead of so-called "summit for democracy"

 . . . and CGTN

China questions American democracy in 10 aspects ahead of 'Summit for Democracy'

Edited December 7, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

 . . . and the NY Times gets their licks in

As President Biden prepares to host a democracy summit, China has countered with an improbable claim: It’s a democracy, too.

It’s the latest salvo in a weekslong campaign to undercut the virtual gathering and extol so-called Chinese-style democracy.

from the NY Times on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/10152833174854999

Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
Beijing argues that its system represents a distinctive form of democracy, one that has dealt better than the West with challenges like the pandemic.

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“There is no fixed model of democracy; it manifests itself in many forms,” the State Council, China’s top governing body, argued in a position paper it released over the weekend titled “China: Democracy That Works.”

It is unlikely that any democratic country will be persuaded by China’s model. By any measure except its own, China is one of the least democratic countries in the world, sitting near the bottom of lists ranking political and personal freedoms.

Even so, the government is banking on its message finding an audience in some countries disillusioned by liberal democracy or by American-led criticism — whether in Latin America, Africa or Asia, including in China itself.

 . . .

“Democracy is not an ornament to be used for decoration; it is to be used to solve the problems that the people want to solve,” Mr. Xi said at a gathering of top Communist Party leaders in October, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. (In the same address, he ridiculed the “song and dance” that voters are given during elections, contending that voters have little influence until the next campaign.)

On Sunday, the foreign ministry released another report that criticized American politics for what it described as the corrupting influence of money, the deepening social polarization and the inherent unfairness of the Electoral College. In the same way, officials later sought to play down the White House announcement that no American officials would attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February by saying none had been invited anyway.

 

 

[Randy W]

 . . . and the China Daily cartoon versions

Lady Liberty was actually kicked off #ChinaDailyCartoon

https://www.facebook.com/chinadaily/posts/10159896089171291:0

Trying to stay alive #ChinaDailyCartoon #US #democracy #WhatIsDemocracy #WhoDefinesDemocracy

https://www.facebook.com/chinadaily/posts/10159899271081291:0

Edited December 8, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

The SCMP's Yonden Lhatoo asks some probing questions, but Dr. Wang answers with the party line.

How China is losing the information war to the West | Wang Huiyao on Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

In a world dominated by an anti-China narrative, telling China’s side of the story can be a losing battle. On the front line of the struggle is Dr Wang Huiyao, founder of Beijing-based non-governmental think tank Centre for China and Globalisation.
In the seventh episode of Talking Post, the Beijing government adviser speaks to SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo about China's credibility problem, human rights and more.

from the SCMP on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/958709025050300/