China has a system that is described as socialism with Chinese characteristics. The USA should be described as a democracy with United States characteristics. The U.S. government often expresses the ...

Beyond inspiring global solidarity, the impassioned pleas for genuine democracy in Hong Kong are even converting mainland Chinese to the cause. Determined though they may be, these democratic demands ...

Are Chinese politicians and their foreign counterparts talking about the same thing when they engage in discussions about democracy? Where does China stand on the road to democratization? Questions ...

BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's democratic path conforms to the logic of history, theory, practice and value, adheres to the common values of humanity, and has achieved innovative development ...

One might think that fascism and democracy are polar opposites, but this is not entirely true. Fascism and democracy share certain characteristics, which explains why democratic societies can, under ...

In December 2011, residents of the Chinese village of Wukan staged a mini-rebellion, driving their local leaders away from the village and blockading roads to prevent police from entering the town.

China’s burgeoning and at times free-wheeling economy is officially described as “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. One could just as well call it “capitalism with Chinese characteristics”. In ...

In China, democracy may not come from Guns N' Roses or even from the economic downturn . But it may come from the Web. A large majority of Chinese, 72%, say that the Internet represents a new channel ...

Reading China’s Party press seldom provides surprises, but this might be one. On June 21, the People’s Daily (the national organ of the Communist Party in China) published in an editorial on how the ...

In 2019, everyone from seven-time NBA All-Star James Harden to the writers of South Park has something to say about China. The narrative is fairly simple: China is an economic behemoth, full of ...