The way China’s rulers see it, only firm control from the top and the CCP’s unquestioned supremacy can create the conditions needed for a rich and powerful China to emerge. Democracy, in their view, leads to disorder; freedom of thought causes popular “confusion”; and public criticism of the Party tends toward the breakdown of authority.
中国统治者认为，因此只有从头开始严格控制和中共最高权威不容置疑才能创造中国崛起并富强所需要的条件。在他们眼中，民主导致混乱；思想自由导致群众“迷失”；对党的公共批评导致权威的粉碎。