About the Author 1
Introduction 2
Evaluation of Chinese and Western political systems in theory,structure,process and performance 4
Let the figures do the talking 4
China will not follow the path of the West 9
Reasons why China will never copy the West 13
Quality of political leadership 15
Political succession 25
The illusion of choice 31
Moral responsibilities 39
Measuring good governance by performance 41
Assessing"democracy"through definition 64
Political beliefs and government responsiveness 70
Chinese democracy vs. Western dictatorship 74
Flaws in the Western system that the Chinese system is designed to avoid 88
The behaviour of people is shaped by the design of a political system 88
Money-centred politics 93
Poll-driven politics,social divides and short-term considerations 100
Vote manipulation,minority rights and human rights 115
Cultured democracy that is structured from within 120
Low quality debates by low quality people 129
The perception of Western democracies and the welfare system 133
"One-size-fits-all"political system? 136
A case for regime change in the West using Western logic 139
The Truth 145
Western voting system 145
Chinese Socialist Consultative Democracy 159
History-The Judge 170
Pragmatism:Communism and Democracy 186
Bibliography and References 221