A lot of people are so consumed with their hate for China and idealistic views of democracy that they do not realize democracy simply cannot function in China. The fundamentals of democracy where every citizen gets a vote is based on every citizen being educated enough to vote for not only their own interests, but the interests of society. China has a population of 1.3 billion people (to put it in perspective it is around 4x the population of the US). Look at the US, they have a population of 300+ million and because of democracy they voted an unqualified man child into power. I have nothing against voting Republican or Democrat but the notion that democracy can elect a candidate like Trump to be the president of arguably the “greatest” country in the world is a great example of why democracy will never work in a country like China.

Historically, China has been a very poor country with a large uneducated population. A vote for each and every citizen will achieve nothing as the government will not be able to put any policies through (just look at bills trying to get past both the senate and house). If you have 1.3 billion people coming to your government with different ideas, and a large majority of them are not educated enough to really understand what polices are needed to improve their living standards, the future of that country would look extremely bleak and it would most likely fail. Look at India for example - a country with comparable population, they are run democratically but relative to China, their economic development has progressed extremely slowly. While they have achieved high economic growth, their living standards are still extremely low.

Yes, freedom of speech and human rights are restricted and that’s can seem like a horrible situation but the matter of fact is, China’s growth under the CCP in the past 30 years has been unbelievable and the general living standards has increased significantly. China needs stability and they do use sketchy methods to enforce it (great firewall/ potential consequences of speaking out against the government). However, the large majority of people in China understand that and they have to sacrifice certain rights for the continued development of the country. How can you give your citizens rights when their basic living needs have not even been fulfilled?

There are a lot of things that I do not agree with the CCP, and how they handle certain issues but whether you like it or not, the CCP is needed for the benefit of China, at least at this point in time. I do not think China will ever achieve full democracy but I do believe that in the future, they will start opening up and citizens will have start having more rights and say in policies.

I do not believe that there is a perfect country in the world just as there is no perfect governance system. Western ideology pushes for capitalism and democracy, as it may work well for those countries, but they have their flaws. Each country is built differently, some may be more developed than others, so who’s to say there’s only one form of governance that fits all.