Q: But China has not been averse to learning from the West. After all, Marxism came from the West. A: No, no, no, that’s a different problem altogether, and I don’t think they believe in Marxism anyway. That was a period when they followed the Soviet Union. That was a theological allegiance. When they speak of democracy, for example, they don’t mean what America means by democracy, what Britain means or what we mean. I mean the fundamental rule, the real test of democracy is: Can you change governments by the vote? That’s all. They have studied us, how did we stay in power? We have the vote.
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