China's model of democracy

Abstract

In a world where democracy is regarded as a universal value, the political legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s rule seems to be a suspect. There are calls for democratizing China's political system, implicitly after the fashion of Western liberal democracies, in particular the American model. Few scholars have questioned the desirability of building a democracy in China, yet it is far from being clear what China's model of democracy should be. This article will highlight major features of China's political system and elaborate a China's model of democracy.