Just days before the United States hosted a virtual “Summit for Democracy” China released a comprehensive document outlining its approach to democracy.

Last Saturday, China’s State Council Information Office, presented its perspective in a white paper called “China: Democracy That Works.” It stresses the important role that Chinese people play.

To discuss:

• Einar Tangen is a political and economic affairs commentator.
• Josef Gregory Mahoney is a professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University in Shanghai
• Vladimir Golstein heads the Slavic Studies department at Brown University.
• Zoon Ahmed Khan is a Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization

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It could hardly be more evident that the true intention of the U.S. government in holding the so-called "Summit for Democracy" has nothing to do with promoting democracy, but serving the undemocratic purpose of maintaining U.S. hegemony https://t.co/fkroABZOAS pic.twitter.com/IgzJZ5FyLU

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) December 9, 2021

U.S. seeks to establish broad coalition of "friends against foes" by promoting so-called "Summit for Democracy," Russian Foreign Ministry says https://t.co/yuBK7BbQai pic.twitter.com/wFcJ5to3Cj

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) December 9, 2021

People should be at the center of #democracy. What China has is whole-process people’s democracy: from the people, to the people, with the people, for the people. Its purpose is to create a better life for the people. Read White Paper on China's democracy: https://t.co/cA3JiNgqCb pic.twitter.com/BCS2u8VSbP

— Qin Gang 秦刚 (@AmbQinGang) December 4, 2021

Whole-process people's democracy sums up the general situation, and the new demands, of socialism with Chinese characteristics. #China #democracy https://t.co/qUEx246tm8

— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) December 9, 2021