Blackboardessentials:Democracyisrightofpeopleineverycountry,notprerogativeofafewnations_GuangmingOnlineBlackboardessentials:Democracyisrightofpeopleineverycountry,notprerogativeofafewnationsByWangXinyuanChina'sissuedawhitepaperonSaturdaytitled"China:DemocracyThatWorks",expoundingonitspathofdemocracy.Thepeople'sstatusasmastersofthecountryistheessenceofpeople'sdemocracy,thewhitepaperpointedout.Democracyistherightofthepeopleineverycountry,ratherthantheprerogativeofafewnations,thewhitepaperfurthersaid.Whetheracountryisdemocraticshouldbejudgedbyitspeople,notdictatedbyahandfulofoutsiders.Whetheracountryisdemocraticshouldbeacknowledgedbytheinternationalcommunity,notarbitrarilydecidedbyafewself-appointedjudges.Thereisnofixedmodelofdemocracy;itmanifestsitselfinmanyforms.Assessingthemyriadpoliticalsystemsintheworldagainstasingleyardstickandexaminingdiversepoliticalstructuresinmonochromeareinthemselvesundemocratic.Today'sworldisexperiencingchangeonascaleunseeninacentury.Itcananticipatehopesandopportunitiesaswellasrisksandchallenges.Allpathstodemocracychosenbythepeoplesthemselvesdeserveproperrespect.Weshouldpursuepeacefuldevelopment,safeguardfairnessandjustice,increasedemocracyandfreedom,andimprovethepeople'swellbeing.Thisistheonlywaytobuildsynergyamongallcivilizationsinthequestforabetterfuture.Editor:ZhangZhouDisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.