The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? In this talk, Daniel Bell answers these questions and more.

Wednesday, August 12, 7:30pm
“The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy”
Daniel A. Bell, Chair Professor of the Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China
The Bookworm | 50 RMB

Westerners tend to divide the political world into “good” democracies and “bad” authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as “political meritocracy.”

The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? In this talk, Daniel Bell answers these questions and more.