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China: Democracy, or Confucianism?

by Xujun EberleinLast October, when the CCP held its 17th congress, CNN reported the event with the headline "China rules out copying Western democracy." My first reaction to this headline was, So what? That spontaneous reaction might have been an... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Mon, Jun 16 2008

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