Western Democracy vs. Chinese Democracy. China Writers' Group member Godfree Roberts explains it all in a triptych of articles and graphics.

You be the judge!

Mar 18, 2024

The Battle for Democracy: Is the PRC democratic? The USA?

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The Battle for Democracy

The people are to be valued most, the altars of the grain and the land [traditional symbols of the vitality of the state] next, the ruler least. Hence by winning the favor of the common people you become Emperor…. Mencius, 280 BC. In an earlier essay…

9 months ago · 7 likes · 4 comments · Godfree Roberts

The Battle for Democracy. 2: Is the PRC a democracy? Is the USA?

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The Battle for Democracy. 2

Part One of this trilogy here, Part Three here. In this second part, China continues its challenge for the World Democracy Crown by challenging America’s lack of democratic participation. So it is that whenever Heaven invests a person with great responsibilities, it first tries his resolve, exhausts his muscles and bones, starves his body, leaves him des…

8 months ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Godfree Roberts

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The Battle for Democracy. 3: Showdown: American vs Chinese democracy

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The Battle for Democracy. 3.

Part One here. Part Two here. In this third and final section of the essay, China challenges for the World Democracy Crown by attacking the lack of democratic participation in America. According to Confucius, a person is not necessarily good if he is praised by all and not doomed to be bad if he is criticised by all: he is only good when he is welcomed b…

8 months ago · 1 like · Godfree Roberts

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