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people's democracy

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noun

  1. (in Communist ideology) a country or form of government in transition from bourgeois democracy to socialism. In this stage there is more than one class, the largest being the proletariat, led by the Communist Party, which is therefore the dominant power

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She freely admits her hero in the late 1960s was Michael Farrell, a founding member of the People's Democracy movement and the man who went on to write The Orange State, a highly critical history of Northern Ireland.

From BBC

Beijing rarely discusses the issue of democracy, but has previously referred to China’s governance arrangements as “whole-process people’s democracy”.

From Reuters

“The people want a king who protects democracy, not one who betrays the people’s democracy.”

From Fox News

“This is our new normal, at least for the coming weeks and potentially months, and and we need to make sure that the Legislature’s voice is being heard, that people’s democracy is still functioning,” he said.

From Washington Times

“People in Western countries said China’s response was too authoritarian, didn’t respect people’s democracy and freedom enough,” said Yin Choi Lam, a Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant owner in Melbourne, Australia.

From New York Times