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Why is whole-process people's democracy silly? Just because you don't believe in it? That's what the author meant by Western arrogance. We in the West think we are entitled to defi…

It's worth mentioning that every time I watch Joe Biden or Antony Blinken or Jake Sullivan or Nancy Pelosi or anyone from the US government hold a press conference about China, the…

> It's not a democracy, but it's not the dystopia it's caricatured as in Western media. It's not liberal democracy. It's not democracy as defined in the West. It's the Chinese mode…

I've been to China many times over the past 25 years. I've been to practically every corner of China. My knowledge of China is comprehensive. Your comment makes no sense to me.

I am certain you've never been to China. https://youtu.be/uBchAUGW7Bk

Perhaps I overstated the poverty in HK. But my point was that many people there cannot afford to travel. They live paycheck to paycheck; they have very little in the way of savings…

I assume you know that the majority of Hong Kong citizens live in poverty. They can barely afford a roof over their heads, much less international travel. But perhaps you've never …

China is Bad: https://youtu.be/KuPuXAUXZjY .

Hong Kong's population is only 7 million or so, a tiny fraction of 120 million travelers, assuming every Hongkonger went on international tours.

Of course, I don't read "boring reports". I mostly read opinion pieces and journalists with on-site reporting.

I've followed Western media studiously for years. NYT, WSJ, CNN, BBC, etc. I've yet to see a story about China that doesn't spin things negatively for China. It doesn't have to be …

True, but my point is that no population has a consensus. Whether you live in China or the West, there are people who know the truth and people who don't know the truth. There are …

You didn't read the article. Latana's Democracy Perception Index for 2022 shows that the Chinese believe their country is democratic. Stats do show at least 120 million Chinese hav…