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"The people do not govern. Politicians respond almost exclusively to the desires of special interests and the wealthiest citizens," lamented Charles Wheelan, a senior lecturer at the Rockefeller Center at U.S. Dartmouth College.
A recent study by the Robert Bosch Foundation in Germany found that over half of Americans think the democratic system is not functioning at all under the current circumstances. Also alarmingly, a recent poll by U.S. broadcaster NPR shows that 81 percent of U.S. adults said the future of U.S. democracy is under threat.
FORCED DEMOCRACY CAN NOT FUNCTION
For a democracy to be viable and resilient, it also needs to draw its strength from a country's own culture and history, as well as its economic and social realities. This is a major reason why more than 20 years of nation-building in Afghanistan crashed to the ground in a matter of weeks. A copied American-style democracy did not have the local conditions to sustain it.
Lisandra Astiasaran Arias, counsellor of the permanent mission of Cuba to the UN Office at Geneva, argues that there is no simple model or definition of democracy, and every state has the right and the responsibility to develop its own models in accordance with its particular situation and the will of its own people.
"We should not allow the attempts of some countries to impose their views on democracy and human rights on the rest of the world," she said.
In their interviews with Xinhua, many experts said that China's impressive development, including its achievements in poverty reduction, has illustrated the characteristics of an advanced democracy.
"China has a different perspective or a different practice of democracy, which is not actually similar to what we already know or what we already have in mind," said Belachew, the Ethiopian international relations and political analyst.
"It is the whole process of people's democracy. This is really an advanced democracy in a Chinese way. It may not fit other countries, but it is helping China," he added.
Belachew stressed that China's people-centered approach has always put its people's interests at the forefront, which is key to China's development.
"Chinese democracy focuses on the wellbeing of the people," Belachew said.
(Video reporters: Jiang Chao, Shi Xiantao, Li Xiaopeng, Li Jizhi, Zhang Miao, Wu Danni, Yang Yiran, Yu Fuqing, Zhang Yuliang; video editors: Zhang Qiru, Wu Yao, Zhu Jianhui)■

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