Xi Jinping’s mirage democracy

Published October 14, 2021 9:17pm ET



In a speech on Thursday, Xi Jinping told his fellow Chinese communists that they are representatives of a democratic nation.

It’s a familiar trope by Xi that he leads a democracy with Chinese characteristics — a trope ostensibly proven by the inane North Korea-style clapping that marked Xi’s arrival on Thursday.

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