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Democracy With Chinese Characteristics Debunked

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Democracy With Chinese Characteristics Debunked
People attend a vigil commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and crackdown outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver, Canada, on June 4, 2021. Don MacKinnon/AFP/Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
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Beijing’s claim that China is a democracy according to the generally accepted definition is nonsense. In practice, China’s “whole-process people’s democracy” amounts to authoritarianism.

Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
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