media - Commenting on democracy

Chinese media came up today during the ongoing 16th session of the National People's Congress with an interesting referral to an incident that took place in 1945. During a meeting with Communist leader Mao Zedong then senator Huang Peiyan recalled how all the imperial dynasties had gone down, after have ruled China for different periods of time. He wondered whether the Communists as the upcoming dynasty had found a solution for this seemingly unavoidable end of their rule.
Mao Zedong then said they had, "and we call it 'democracy'," he told Huang.