China: Democracy that Delivers

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Thousands of NPC deputies and CPPCC members gather in Beijing with their proposals about national policies. In a one-hour special episode, CGTN's Liu Xin engages with experts about China's democratic practices, and one mystery guest appears to share insights!

Guests:
Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Chairman, The Kuhn Foundation

David Ferguson
Honorary Chief English Editor

Miao Xiaojuan
Journalist, Xinhua News Agency

Xia Lu
Associate Professor, Renmin University of China

[jrkr]

I lived and worked in China's Chengdu city from 2018 to 2022. I found that China is freer than many other countries.

[fleurrade]

Wow! I totally love and enjoy listening to this channel ❤😊. Thank you so much.

[nmew]

If you ask America to revise definition of Human rights in order to include "FOOD as the most basic HR". They will object. Why. Because FOOD is one of their war weapons. 500, 000 Iraqi children were starved

[trekpac]

What an amazing discussion. I particularly appreciated Miao Xiaiojuan's firm understanding and her ability to clearly articulate on the subject. And of course, Liao Xing does an outstanding job as usual as moderator.

Lastly, I also appreciate hearing from your other distinguished guests on such an important and poorly understood topic in the West.

I think that China has developed a much more successful form of democracy than anywhere in the West, as evidenced by how successful it has been in improving the lives of its citizens.

[cheehonglim]

The best democracy is to have well educated population in the country. Democracy meant nothing in a land of fools.

[bobgoodall]

Thank you for delivering a great explanation of the governance of China.

[choifayue]

the peoples congress were elected from all walks of life including minorities in many parts of China from the base level up, and they are not all CPC members, some belongs to other parties whereas many are independent with no affiliation as well, their main focus is to better the lives of Chinese people period, its not perfect but it works!!! PEACE

[alextann]

I enjoyed this discussion and the introduction of Little Liu Xin.

[yongzeehow]

Delivery that matters.
Ask these western democracies, what has they achieve.

[jacksonwong]

China DEMOCRACY, cares and provides for its people is priority, non interference in other countries internal affairs, never .

[фредерикмиз]

I am personally impressed with the calm understanding of the quality of issues covered here.
The AI was amazing !!
What caught my eyes and ears is the sincere interest in the people of China.
The quality in concern for peace and prosperity of China is absolutely amazing.
All the best 🇨🇳👍

[MM-srfw]

Great conversation and great content. More people should think what real democracy should look like.

[private]

Harmony.
In the western thought, harmony is subjugation of the society.
I the Eastern thought, harmony is consensus of the society.

[paivijarnfors]

Thank you for this great episode about Chinese democracy! I admire Chinese approach. I live in Finland and I can say our system is broken in many ways. We are also being lied to about China in the media and by politicians which is really sad. China really deliveres hope to the world!

[albertleung]

Democracy is of different forms because, for each country in the world, there are differences in culture and history! In the end, democracy is measured by how good the government serves the majority working people! Western people think China no has democracy! But most of them never been in China, they should go there to see it themselves first! It is totally different than what the lying western MSM said! China has more than 5000 years of civilization. There are 56 ethnic groups, all live harmonically, no racial discrimination or conflict! So, here is the democracy in China, a real one!
According to Harvey Gazette survey, the approval rating of the Chinese government by its people is more than 94%, the highest in the world! To say China has no democracy is just absurd! On the contrary, China is the country with the best democracy! Western democracy is a total FAKE!! It only serves the one percenter! Internally, it is rotten to the core: income inequality, homeless, racial discrimination, gun violence, police Internationally, it is imperialism under the pretext of democracy to invade other countries, occupying their land, stealing their resource, creating war to massacre their people, selling weapon to make profit.!!!!

[sckchui]

18:30 This segment is very interesting. At the lowest level, there is a Party secretary for every few hundred households, perhaps 500-1000 people. In contrast, in the US, there is one House member for every 750, 000 people or so. In the UK, there's one MP for every 92, 000 people or so. That means, in China, the point at which ordinary citizens interface with the government is much closer and much more local to their everyday lives. I mean, I've never met or talked to my MP, who supposedly represents me in government. In China, presumably, everyone knows their local Party secretary, and talk to them on a fairly regular basis.

36:10 2.8 million deputies, a population of 1.4 billion people, that's one deputy per 500 people. This allows each person to have a personal, human relationship with their local deputy. But then, the next question is, how does the Chinese government manage a massive organization with 2.8 million deputies, and not get hopelessly bogged down in meetings and paperwork and miscommunication. For comparison, Walmart is the biggest company in the world, with 2.3 million employees. The Chinese government is much bigger than that; presumably many deputies also have staff who work for them.

[philiptan]

Wow, China’s robot presentator is so real and can answer questions about complex subjects such as democracy. The difference between humanoid robot and real human is that a human gets “older” which makes its appearance more “alive”. However, China’s humanoid robots are just as Intelligent as a human being. China’s democracy is real and working for the people while democracy in the west is more a superficial circus of elections based on empty lies and rhetoric. Once elected there is no more “democracy” as the government doesn’t listen to the people anymore but pursue its own agenda. The overwhelming protests in the west lately are the evidence of the flaws in the “democracy” system which make it just an illusion of the governance by the people.

[horridohobbies]

34:43 In Part 2, Liu Xin gave a truly excellent description of China's democratic system.

[TienLam-tb]

I agreed with Mr. Ferguson 👏 💯 percent on: Democracy is JUST A LABEL..At the ends of the days, it all boiled down to the QUALITY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE GOOD APPLICABLE WORKING RESULTS to ALL..For examples, does it matter what this 👉 🏡 is called in different languages ..In English language called this 👉🏡 as "The House " just like any other House with the same purpose of usages..En Español, este La Casa ..In Vietnameses, it is called Cai Nha and etc..Does different labels changed its functionality in our daily lives of concerns..OF COURSES NOT..Therefore, only STUPIDITIES would be arguing for the different labels in front of "THE HOUSE"..The smarter ones would enjoy their houses with their partners, parties officials and/or like-minded individuals in business ventures in multiple countries..PERIOD..

[TienLam-tb]

I agreed with Ms. Miao Xianjuan on DIFFERENCES between China 🇨🇳 Democray 🆚️ American 🇺🇸 democracy..China government's leadership officials EMPHASIZE ON PERFORMANCES with CONCRETED RESULTS along with RESPONSIBILITIES as of JOB'S DESCRIPTIONS..Whereas the USA'S democracy systems are more like SALE REP who are advertising their products that had NOT BEEN TESTED..Therefore, the performance is hit and missed with misses the target goals ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAPPENED THAN the bullet hitting one's ear lobe 😂😅..Period..