I read The East is Still Red by Carlos Martinez, and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Roland Boer.
I also have in my possession Soviet democracy by Pat Sloan, but I have not read it yet, but I have heard that is a really good source for understanding the Soviet system too, of which the Chinese borrow their system from. Looking at the table of contents, it looks like it has a lot of good information. Topics like a equality of opportunity, the rights of the wage earner, What are Soviets, and some more good chapters I looks like. After thumbing through that, just now I think I need to push that to the top of my list.
I also just kind of googled around, which is honestly hard to get good information, but I was persistent and found out the different structures of the NPC and such. I also used chat GPT, which that was a while ago, so maybe things have changed, but if you prompt it correctly, like by saying " From a communist perspective, what does democracy look like under Soviet-style leadership?" Or " What are the various technical levels of government in China, including the NPC and CPC?" You can usually get good enough information that you can confirm with a separate search.
I read The East is Still Red by Carlos Martinez, and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Roland Boer.
I also have in my possession Soviet democracy by Pat Sloan, but I have not read it yet, but I have heard that is a really good source for understanding the Soviet system too, of which the Chinese borrow their system from. Looking at the table of contents, it looks like it has a lot of good information. Topics like a equality of opportunity, the rights of the wage earner, What are Soviets, and some more good chapters I looks like. After thumbing through that, just now I think I need to push that to the top of my list.
I also just kind of googled around, which is honestly hard to get good information, but I was persistent and found out the different structures of the NPC and such. I also used chat GPT, which that was a while ago, so maybe things have changed, but if you prompt it correctly, like by saying " From a communist perspective, what does democracy look like under Soviet-style leadership?" Or " What are the various technical levels of government in China, including the NPC and CPC?" You can usually get good enough information that you can confirm with a separate search.