
Karl Gerth, “China: Up Close and Personal” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Ideas Roadshow Podcast
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The Pros and Cons of Democracy
If that principle is politically unfeasible here, using statistical sampling as a way of collecting information about your population. The problem is, if you find out the entire population, rather than the easily counted, you include a lot of poor peopleandyou end up shifting power in ways that certain interest groups might like. So i guess when i look at china, i definitely see the pro problems, as those students themselves pointed out, the lack of accountability and transparency. But that the us. Has the only model, or the best, even best model, or itself isn't creating, demonstrating problems with democratic practices is a i don't think it's accurate.
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