China's shifting style of self-governance

The ruling party confesses its internal problems and frames its efforts to correct them as the reason for it to stay in power. Yet rising public protests point to the people seeking a different way to bestow legitimacy.

中共在高层会议上承认党内存在严重问题，并清除创纪录数量的官员，同时称这种自我净化恰恰证明其执政合法性。文章将这一“自我治理”与民主选举的纠错机制对比，并指出同期中国异议事件数量创下新高。