The China Model, by Daniel A. Bell

The China Model : Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (2015)

The strongest good-faith case for Chinese political meritocracy on its own terms. It is a genuine challenge to the assumption that liberal democracy is the only legitimate destination for institutional evolution — an assumption I criticize but do not abandon. Read it to find out where your own commitments actually sit.

Read it asking: Is the Chinese political system something that could exist outside of China? Can it be exported?