Africa: China's 'Palate Democracy' May Not Be to Africa's Taste

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China's government likes to describe its economic system as 'socialism with Chinese characteristics'. Which sounds a bit like a euphemism for 'state capitalism'. One doesn't hear Chinese officials referring to their country's political system as 'democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But that would be an adequate label for the descriptions some Chinese officials provide.

This week Professor Fang Ning, Deputy Director of the Institute of Political Science at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), coined the expression 'palate democracy' to characterise China's political system.

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