Chinese communists hit US democracy ahead of Biden conference. The Chinese Communist Party has sharply criticized American democracy, sharply criticizing a world democracy summit hosted by President Joe Biden next week, and praising the merits of its government system.
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BEIJING - The Chinese Communist Party on Saturday sharply criticized American democracy, sharply criticizing a world democracy summit hosted by President Joe Biden next week and praising the merits of its government system.
Party officials have wondered how a polarized country that has been deprived of its response to COVID-19 could teach others and say attempts to force others to copy the Western democratic model will "fail."
The harsh rhetoric reflects a growing conflict of values that has been kept in the spotlight as China continues to grow as a global power. The question is whether the United States and other major democracies can coexist peacefully with a powerful authoritarian state whose actions run counter to the Western model of winning at the end of the Cold War.
Tian Peyan, deputy director of the Communist Party's Bureau of Political Research, said the epidemic had exposed flaws in the American system. He blamed the high death toll of COVID-19 in the United States on political controversy and the government divided from the highest to the lowest.
China's communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
"Such democracy does not bring happiness to voters, but it does not bring disaster," he told a press conference to publish an official report on the form of communist democracy that is tightly controlled by the party. rice field.
China and Russia will speak about strengthening democracy, authoritarianism, corruption and advocacy, not among the 110 governments invited to Biden's two-day virtual "Democracy Summit" starting Thursday. ..
The participation of Taiwan, an autonomous democracy that claims that China should be under its control, further angered Beijing.
Despite last month's virtual summit between Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, US-China relations remain tense. In a broad petition with China, the President of the United States has repeatedly stated that democracy can give the United States and its allies a better path to progress than dictatorship.
The Communist Party has ruled China since 1949. Although dissenting views are reflected in advisory bodies and elected village and resident committees, most public criticism dampens censorship and sometimes arrests.
China's communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
The party argues that maintaining the stability of a large country requires strong central leadership that has been raged for centuries by division and wars.
"There are 56 ethnic groups and more than 1.4 billion people in such a large country without party leadership ... and we support so-called Western democracy. We do the opposite."
China has been accused of mass executions, torture and other human rights abuses in western Tibet and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the control of its ethnic communities. The party has denied the allegations, saying it will eliminate extremist and separatist movements.
Chinese communists hit US democracy ahead of Biden conference
The recent difficulties of some Western democracies have boosted confidence in their system as communist leaders seek to shift world power from China. State media often referred to the unrest in the U.S. capital since the last presidential election. “Today’s world faces the challenge of over-democracy,” a report released on Saturday said.
Chinese authorities often accuse the United States and others of using democracy as a cover to thwart China's rise, an allegation echoed at a news conference by Deputy Public Affairs Minister Xu Lin.
"The United States calls itself the 'Leader of Democracy' and organizes and manipulates the so-called Democracy Summit," he said. "In fact, it breaks down and makes it difficult for countries with different social systems and development models in the name of democracy."
Chinese communists hit US democracy ahead of Biden conference
Xu called him undemocratic while others claimed their democracy and their own history of conflict.
"Their internal administration is confused, but they point fingers and criticize other democracies," he said. "Did they promote this democracy?"
Amer Madhani, an Associated Press writer in Washington, DC, contributed to this report.
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