Like a mirror, the continually fermenting global financial crisis uncovers thoroughly the deep-rooted defects and tremendously detriment influence of western democratic institutions,which deprive universality myths of ideological basis.Under the circumstances,reflecting upon and reforming western democratic institutions promptly became an unavoidable theme.It is of paramount significance for us to deeply analyze the essence of Western democratic institutions through global media’s reflection on them in a bid to hold our confidence in domestic institutions and further promote the socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics.

Editor: Zhong Yao

Studies On Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Theories.2016.No.1.