"Not only does the United States claim that their democratic model is best for them, but [also] that it is best for the rest of the world. Some Americans assume that alternative systems are fundamentally illegitimate. Naturally this attitude upsets many Chinese who are committed to good government. They think, who are you to lecture us about political systems, with only a few hundred years of history?"
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Interviewed by Emanuel Pastreich, "Chinese meritocracy and the limits of democracy", The Diplomat (December 17, 2015)
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Daniel A. Bell
Daniel A. Bell (born 22 May 1964) is a Canadian political theorist. He is currently Chair of Political Theory at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. He was previously Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University and professor at Tsinghua University (Schwarzman College and Department of Philosophy).
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