Abstract

Do Chinese citizens have the right to vote? The answer to this question is not as simple as a «yes» or «no» since no country in the world has a population as large and diverse as China's and a history as complex as China's. Therefore, it is important to examine this issue from a historical perspective. Vote plays a core role in democracy and democracy is not just a process or a political formulation but rather a symbol and ideology. This article recalls how democracy was introduced in China over 100 years ago and was then adopted by the Communist Party to win the Civil War in the 1940s. It focuses on how democracy is applied nowadays under Socialism with a label of China's Characteristics.