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Has the U.S.
political system lost its appeal to the mass of Chinese? Sounding more like a
wish than a statement of fact, columnist Shan Renping
of China's state-run People's Daily asserts
that in today's China, people want the country to follow its 'own path', and tellingly,
he writes, 'China's people have not completely left their low sense of self-esteem
behind, but we are certainly more confident.'
By Shan Renping
September 11, 2012
People's Republic
of China - People's Daily - Original Article (English)
On September 6, with President Barack Obama's acceptance of
the Democratic presidential nomination, the U.S. presidential election
officially began. As one of the most energetic campaigns in the world, it draws
a lot of attention. It is an event that the American people regard as a global class
on "democracy." And certainly, it is the most prominent election in
the Western world.
Objectively, without the overall success of its political
system, the U.S. would not have enjoyed the prosperity that it has. But it is a
system that has been shaped by that nation's own history, which evolved out of
a long process of trial and error.
The American presidential election has a strong influence in
China. Generally speaking, many Chinese are quite envious of U.S. presidential
elections - as well as the American political system.
One should not conflate America's system with its historic
prosperousness and lifestyle. There are defects attached to America's system. But
most Chinese don't regard it as a "bad" system.
At the same time, however, blind worship of America's system
among Chinese, as in the early days of reform and opening-up, is long past. Mainstream
society in China recognizes that because of differing national conditions, China
cannot just mechanically apply the U.S. experience.
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This conclusion has been drawn after close observation of
the complex practices of democracy in other nations over the past two decades.
In addition, China's boom over recent years has allowed people in China to feel
justified about the nation going its own way. According to the Global Polling
Center owned by the Global Times, the
number of Chinese who support going our own way are significant.
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Even among online opinion leaders, few expected China to
implement a Western-style political system. They may assert what they think China
should do, but this is more sloganeering and a show of attitudes than a
realistic suggestion.
In China, there is a consensus that there are many things worth
learning from and emulating in the United States. There is little opposition to
this idea. The world has many good things, but not all of them can be employed
in a way that is fitting with our ways. In the political sphere, Chinese are
gradually realizing this truth as well.
In recognizing America's political success as well as its
problems, Chinese confidence should be strengthened. For if we truly wanted to
follow our own path, a much higher level of confidence is required. China's
people have not completely left their low sense of self-esteem behind, but we
are certainly more confident.
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