The coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has revealed the corruption of Chinese authoritarianism under Xi Jinping In an unsparing critique, Tsinghua University professor Xu Zhangrun argues that Chinese governance and political culture under the Chinese Communist Party have become morally bankrupt The Party deceived the Chinese people as the viral outbreak in Wuhan spread across China before developing into a global pandemic Chinese officials were more concerned with censoring the internet and news of the disease to preserve Xi's one-man rule than with protecting the people from a public-health disaster Xu calls on his fellow citizens to reject the strongman politics of the People's Republic in favor of greater reform and the creation of a constitutional democracy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Democracy is the property of Johns Hopkins University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )
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