China puts on its own ‘democracy forum’ in countdown to Biden’s summit
- Event to take place this week in push to present Chinese system as more effective
- Chinese people don’t like and don’t want US-style democracy, official says
China plans to host its own “democracy forum” this weekend as part of a broader effort to promote its system of governance as more representative and effective than the US model.
The Chinese event, called the “International Democracy Forum”, will be held on Saturday, the State Council said as it unveiled a white paper called “China: Democracy that Works”.
“The US touted itself as the leader among democracies, organised and manipulated the so-called democracy summit. This is a disguise of democracy, but in reality a containment and oppression to countries that have a different development model,” State Council Information Office spokesman Xu Lin said.
“These actions make use of the name of democracy, but are the very opposite of what democracy is. They will become a joke in the course of democratic development, and are destined to be unpopular.”
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The Chinese forum will be co-hosted by the Communist Party’s Publicity Department, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, state broadcaster CCTV, and the party-owned China International Publishing Group.