Only people can tell whether their political system is good: Lebanese scholar

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Only people can tell whether their political system is good: Lebanese scholar

STORY: Only people can decide whether their political system is good: Lebanese scholar DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's development achievements 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ADHAM SAYED, Assistant professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University STORYLINE: A Lebanese scholar voiced that only the people of a country can tell us whether a political system is good or not. Adham Sayed, assistant professor at Zhejiang Gongshang University in China, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (English): ADHAM SAYED, Assistant professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University "Who can tell us if this political system is good or not? It's not media, not foreign media, only people, the people of the country. This is the only way to know if this political system is good or not. And the Chinese people they say very clearly that they believe and they trust this political system. Chinese democracy or Chinese political system, they put the inter

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