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Originally Posted by libertarian0507
As you may have noticed, I am a member of a third party , Libertarian party.
I think the greater the plurality of parties and ideas, the better chance that things will not go wrong. How does a one-party system work efficiently for the people? How is China represented by the people? The name " people`s republic" denotes the idea that China is governed by the people, but this seems to be the farthest from the truth. The US makes mistakes as well as China, but I don`t think that something like the cultural revolution could not have happened in the US, because of our multi-party system would never have put that kind of power in to the hands of a few elite long enough to do something so self-destructive. Again, I think China has chanfed a lot for the good, definitely since the end of the CR in 76 , but I think it has a long way to go in the way of improving human rights.
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I agreed with many of the points you raised here, and I am also glad to see that you realized that China is improving as a whole.
I would also acknowledged that China has a long way to go in terms of improving human rights, among other things. But as I have said before, this takes time, and most likely needs to be resolved by Chinese people, instead of under foreign interference and pressure. Chinese people (note, not the government) have a history of resisting foreign pressure. I think the current wave of demonizing China is extremely counter-productive.
You asked how China is represented by its people. I can tell you what I have learned on how Chinese legislature system works:
People elects delegates to the National People's Congress, who will vote to enact or block laws and policies. The NPC will also vote for the top government officials, who will nominate local official candidates, and these local officials need to be approved by the local People's Congresses. Traditionally, the NPC was a symbol of rubber stamps, but that has changed a lot in the past few years. Gone was the unanimous vote in favor of the candidates nominated. It is not that uncommon nowadays to see that some candidates received more than 10% of votes disfavoring their election (I think >50% votes against the candidate would not be a distant future). In terms of enacting laws, the percentage of opposition can often be much higher.
There are still no direct elections at the county, provincial or presidential levels. However, direct elections are implemented at the village level already. This was unthought of in the past. Political reform takes time, and needs a lot more caution to proceed than the economic reform, particularly since China is facing a lot of internal challenges and certainly not the most friendly international environment nowadays.