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China has found a road of political development suitable for its own industrialization and modernization and established a democratic political system with Chinese characteristics. China is still in the industrialization and modernization development processes. With the development of various causes and the change of time, democratic political development in China will continue to press ahead. China’s democratic political development and political reform is in essence a product of social development and progress of the contemporary China, and the political system must constantly adapt to changes in the economic and social structures. Democratic politics is shaped by social development, but in turn provides support and protection for social development.
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In Marx’s view, capitalism is an alienation of human beings, and political power is an alienation of human rights. In “Civil War in France”, Marx wrote: “The state power, apparently soaring high above society, is in fact the ugliest thing in this society, the very hotbed of all its corruptions.” According to the basic principles of Marxism, in the capitalist mode of production and way of life, human nature is vanished and replaced by “commodity fetishism”. Only by eliminating the capitalist system can human beings get rid of the generalization of “general equivalents” and realize free and comprehensive development.
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“Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening the Party’s Governing Capacity”, Selection of Important Documents since the 16th CPC National Congress (Vol. 2), the Central Literature Publishing House, 2006 edition, p. 282.
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Fang, N. (2015). Outlook on Democratic Development in China. In: China’s Democracy Path. China Insights. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47343-6_8
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