China's official Xinhua news agency has attacked Western democracy as divisive and confrontational one day before the Communist Party Congress opens.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party will open in Beijing on Wednesday.
In a lengthy English-language commentary, Xinhua took aim at the "crises and chaos swamp(ing) Western liberal democracy".
"Unlike competitive, confrontational Western politics, the CPC and non-Communist parties cooperate with each other, working together for the advancement of socialism and striving to improve the people's standard of living," it said.
Xinhua did not name any countries, but state media has previously cited the examples of Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as US president as examples of why Western democracy is flawed.
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