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Beijing goes on the offensive in battle over democracy
Pulling out the stops in response to Biden's democracy summit, China touts the superiority of its model while attacking America's shortcomings. The campaign will continue but whether it succeeds is questionable. • Power Play is a weekly column that looks at various facets of US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.
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BEIJING • All through this year, Beijing's propaganda machinery has been on an offensive against American democracy, relishing mocking the Capitol Hill riots as proof of its failure and collapse.
As it marked 100 years of the founding of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), it also sang its own praises for promoting "socialist democracy" and embracing "whole-process democracy".