摘要
In China,democracy is considered a tool for the benefit of society and not a good in itself.THE debate about what democracy is,permanently crosses political and academic boundaries,extending in certain contexts to the whole of society.The system,conceived to defend the people’s right to elect and supervise their rulers through mechanisms of direct or indirect participation,is adopted mostly in the West,and in Latin America in particular,the U.S.model is used.With the rise of China in the international arena,debates are making their way in the West about whether or not there is democracy in China as democracy has failed to solve many problems of the people in the West.Much more is known in China about the democracy that is practiced in the West than in the West about the Chinese political system and democratic practices.
