@Alaskaball posted a master reference to it some time ago.
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I always keep this one on hand. It's a TED talk by a venture capitalist who was born in China, went to collage in the United States. He gives a brief overview on how China's governance is structured, and does some light compare/contrasting between it and liberal democracies. I'd suggest it more for someone who's resistant to even considering China a democracy.
This is excellent except for Eric's insistence that this is an abandonment of marxism rather than the successful implementation of the DOTP and correct adaptation to the existing material conditions. His insistence that these features of the party are an abandonment of "marxist dogma" instead of the result of marxism being a science that changes and adapts based on new information is the ultimate flaw in his analysis.
He has the perspective that marxism is a religion instead of a science, every incorrect thing he says stems from this.
so with this in mind is the video still worth watching
Yeah it's fine, pretty decent, he's just missing the crucial element. That's not necessarily a bad thing for libs though because COMMUNISM is scary or w/e.
Perfect, I'll give this a watch
Not really "condensed," but Roland Boer's Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance is pretty great from what I've skimmed.
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You as well!
Basically everyone asks Xi to push the button but he has to wait for the paperwork first 
This is what I tell people but then people want to know what the button is and it's like a whole thing to explain the button
“Ok, so imagine a burger…”
Someone posted this thread a while ago, pretty quick summary
The CPPCC is so interesting to me, because it's like what if the House of Lords was cool and good, actually
there’s a really good interactive webpage that makes it really easy to understand. it shows you layer by layer how their government is structured. i will have to find it when i get home so feel free to reply to this and remind me in case i forget.