Aren't they basically a democracy? It's a system they see as working for them. And how is them annexing HK, a former territory of theirs, any different to the US taking Alaska, Haiti or the Virgin Islands for a few dollars?
I voted no. They don't get to vote so you don't necessary know if the majority of the people want communism. Anyone that voice displeasure with the government are labeled as threatening the stability of the nation. Or they get run over with a tank... So both pretty much a catch all for anything the government doesn't like. With that being said from a outsider perspective, the past three decades things have worked out very well for them.
China was never a communism. Communism just never happened in this world anywhere any time. Current China is Authoritarian Capitalism. Majority people love it because they saw their income tripled every decade. Democracy will definitely happen because money will eventually want to buy political power.
Democracy requires a free press and free flow of information. You are not serving the will of the people if you control the information the people have access to. So, no, it’s not a democracy.
I'm not sure, all I know is that I find the laws on child limitation very offensive and upsetting, I'm not sure how that can be considered a part of democracy. With this point, Hitler was also democratically elected, right? So was Hitler's rule a democracy? At some point, when there is so much propaganda forced to make the population think a certain way, I question the labeling of democracy. Kind of like, if we took some polls on what people in North Korea want and believe, and what they would choose in a democratic way... I'm sure the results would be stunning, considering the environment the people have grown in.
Democracy at root, literally, is power by the people. There are election in China. It’s a bottom up system where local directly elect members, who elect higher level officials. Yes it’s some form of democracy.
