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This book argues that democracy is the inevitable product of China´s industrialization and modernization, and is necessary for the development of China´s current society. It provides a political guarantee for China´s industrialization and modernization. There are both similarities and differences between China´s version of democracy and those versions of other countries. In this book, the author discusses the country´s important experiences in constructing democracy with Chinese characteristics, which it has gathered during the long struggle for national independence, prosperity and social development. The democracy system embodies basic values and universal principles of democracy with uniquely Chinese characteristics.

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The Origins of Chinese Democracy.- Democratic Political Construction in Contemporary China.- Characteristics of Chinese Democracy: Unification of Protecting Rights and Centralizing Power.- Key Priorities for Democracy Building in China:the Development of Consultative Democracy.- Chinas Democratic Development Strategy: A Gradual Increase of the People´s Rights.- Methods for Democratic Development in China: Driven by Resolving Problems and Advanced by Implementing Pilot Projects.- Outlook on Democratic Development in China.

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