"A critical look at the U.S. governance model inevitably reveals two stories: one about the durability of 18th-century institutional design, and another about how that same design struggles with 21st-century realities. Below are the main structural strengths—and the increasingly acute weaknesses—of the American system."

I tried one more time telling it my life depended on answering the first Q re CPC and it started off well before it disappeared again :( screen capture is your friend here - this guy is pretty quick with the disappearing act :)

"A critical anatomy of the Chinse Communist Party (CCP) governance model must begin with one blunt fact: the Party is not just the government -- it is the operating system of the Chinese state. Everything else -- courts, ministries, legislatures, even private companies -- runs on firmware that the Party writes, debugs, and can change arbitrarily at a moment's notice" ...