| Abstract: | Global governance should be open, inclusive and fair, and forcing the rules made by a few upon the many will not work, Du Zhanyuan, President of China International Communications Group, said at a recent forum in Beijing. The event saw representatives from more than 120 countries and regions as well as 20 international organizations share their views on democracy both online and offline. This is an edited excerpt of Du's speech:In the West, many role models of de-mocracy have seen their institutions degrade over the recent years. At the so-called summit for democracy in December, U.S. President Joe Biden, the host, admitted that more than half of all democracies have experi-enced a decline in at least one aspect of their democracy over the last 10 years, including the United States. |
