People's Republic of China
The Communists which created the People's Republic of China, equate democracy with "dictatorship of the proletariat". Consequently, they saw no need for elected governments so they established the people's democratic dictatorship. Starting in the 1980s, they allow village elections to take place. All higher levels of government are indirectly elected with candidates vetted by the government. As a result, the highest levels of government contain either Communist Party members, their United Front allies, and sympathetic independents. Opposition parties are outlawed.
In 1989, the Chinese Democracy Movement, student demonstrators expressed demands for democracy. Despite their call for democracy, many Chinese since the late 1800's have expressed philosophical reasons for why democracy is in some ways incompatible with traditional Chinese culture.
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