Non-Communist Parties Lend China an Air of Pluralism, Without the Mess

The parties, some created by Communist strategists during the civil war of the 1940s, bear little resemblance to political organizations elsewhere. “They are fake parties, just a mirage created for the benefit of ordinary people, although most people are not fooled,” said Jin Zhong, editor in chief of Open Magazine, a Hong Kong political journal. “People who join them have a fantasy that they can