贝淡宁提出中国的威权主义 — — 特别是它的“精英政治 ” — —是一种可行的治理模式，甚至可能比印度和西方的民主制度还要好。
Bell argues that Chinese authoritarianism – specifically, its “political meritocracy” – is a viable model of governance, possibly even superior to the democracy of India and the West.