From the Economist's forum.
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I think that The Economist should have translated some articles written by Chinese scholars, who bashed Western democracy and "constitutionalism". Certainly, their opinions might not be accepted by all the people. However, the media such as The Economist should have translated those articles and provided alternative views to its Western readers, who don't understand Chinese. In comparison, Chinese media often translate Western views and opinions and report these opinions to Chinese readers. Thus, the general Chinese are much more OPEN MINDED than Westerners.
The Chinese Communist Party has been very successful in developing its own country. The Chinese Model is also praised by many scholars. However, the general Chinese know the strength and weakness of the Chinese Model. So they rarely propaganda "Chinese Model" in other countries. In contrast, Westerners and Western politicians often brag their social systems and ideologies without knowing the key weakness of their ideologies. Those Westerners might feel very proud when they propaganda their "value". Yet, many Chinese see those people with a lot of sympathy - Oh, how naive those Westerners are, don't they know that Western democracy has been proved to be a failure in many African countries, Asian countries and European countries?
