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Content: First, dissidents who are widely known in the West such as Wei Jingsheng, Fang Lizhi, and Wang Danare deported. Although Chinese criminal lawdoes not contain any provisions for exilingcitizens, these deportations are conducted by giving the dissident a severe jail sentence and then granting medical parole. Second, the less well-known leaders of a dissident movement are identified and given severe jail sentences. Generally, the government targets a relatively small number of organizers who are crucial in coordinating a movement and who are then charged with endangering state securityor revealing official secrets. Thirdly, the government attempts to address the grievances of possible supporters of the movement. This is intended to isolate the leadership of the movement, and prevent disconnected protestsfrom combining into a general organized protest that can threaten the Communist hold on power. Chinese socialist democracy[edit]
Chinese Communist Partyleaders assert there are already elements of democracy; they dubbed the term "Chinese socialist democracy" for what they describe as a participatory representative government. In a November 23, 2002 interview, the Chinese ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiaoming, said: I think what we are practicing today is Chinese socialist democracy, which is represented by the National People's Congress and a broad participation of the Chinese people.