Behind China’s myth of ‘whole-process democracy’
The Party sets ‘the tone’ with ‘tight control’ and the only direct elections are at the grassroots level
Democracy
China caught in the jaws of a democratic dilemma
Beijing risks falling into a rhetorical trap with the West by clinging to its brand of ‘democracy’
President Xi puts the boot into the US and its allies
He calls for Washington to reject ‘power politics’ and end ‘technology blockade’
China ‘coup’ will force the US to wake-up to Asia-Pacific trade deal
President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to act to stop China from filling an economic policy vacuum in the region
Tsai talks the talk and walks the walk over China
Key note speech shows that Taiwan is open to dialog but refuses to be bullied by Beijing