CHINA ECONOMY China slams U.S. democracy as a ‘game of the rich,’ at an event promoting Xi’s growing power

CNBC ^ | 12 November 2021 | Evelyn Cheng

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BEIJING — A top Chinese official issued a rare criticism of the U.S. and Western democracy during a high-profile political press conference Friday.

The night before, Chinese President Xi Jinping joined the ranks of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and became the country’s third leader to oversee the adoption of a “historical resolution” at the close of a widely-watched meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, the sixth plenum of the party’s Central Committee.....Chinese officials at Friday’s press conference emphasized how the country would now follow Xi and his vision for a strong CCP-dominated system.

And for more than five minutes, Jiang Jinqua, director of the policy research office of the party’s central committee, criticized the U.S. and Western countries for trying to impose their idea of democracy on China....

...“The electoral democracy of Western countries are actually democracy ruled by the capital, and they are a game of the rich, not real democracy,” he said.... Jiang’s remarks stood out due to the high-profile political context of the press event, and their specific mention of the U.S.

The U.S. plan to hold a “Summit for Democracy” in December is “an attempt to revitalize Western democracy,” Jiang said. “To convene such a summit against [a] backdrop of loads of problems in Western democracy, ... the intention is nothing but bashing other countries and dividing the world.”...

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looks like more bad news for Chinese enterpreneurs that didn't have their wealth seized in the first two rounds of state confiscations.

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China slams U.S. democracy as a ‘game of the rich,’ then communism is the game of tyrants.