China, Democracy or not

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China, Democracy or not!

• This slide show will argue for and against the
  argument that China is a democratic state.

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How is it Democratic?

• In Local Governments they hold elections so that
  the villagers can vote for Local Representatives

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!HOWEVER! (This happens to be a magic word in
Modern Studies)
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It is non-Democratic because

• the candidates must be approved by the CCP
  (Chinese Communist Party) before they can put
  their self forward for election.

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A second way that it is democratic is

• they now have private media organisations
  meaning they arent controlled by the CCP.

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!HOWEVER! (This happens to be a magic word in
Modern Studies)
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Many internet sights have been blocked by the
CCP. Searches to do with Tiananmen square etc.
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Although there are many restrictions in China,
they are allowed to be religious.
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!HOWEVER! (This happens to be a magic word in
Modern Studies)
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There are several restrictions, surprise,
surprise! There are only 5 legal religions.
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism.
But even these religions are targeted, because
they are seen as a threat to the government, e.g.
Tibet monk massacre that took place in March 08.
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Free Speech

• In the Chinese constitution it states that the
  people have the right to free speech. The CCP
  have allowed more people to speak out against
  some of their policies etc. For example, there
  have been several people complaining that China
  is too polluted.

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!HOWEVER! (This happens to be a magic word in
Modern Studies)
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things like internet chat- rooms are monitored
by the CCP and when the Tibetan monks stood up
against the government they were dealt with
brutally and severely.
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So, you decide

• CHINA,
• Democracy
• Or
• Not?