Socialism

The us is a shithole, and china is a different shithole. Democracy has nothing to do with either shithole.

"Chinese democracy"

Edit: it's clear that the majority of those in this community aren't interested in living in a world where words have meaning, but for the minority, I offer this recent report from Varieties of Democracy that unsurprisingly classifies China as a "closed autocracy" because it:

• Has no multiparty elections for the executive
• Lacks fundamental democratic components such as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and free & fair elections

Interestingly, Canada is not listed in the "liberal democracies" category, since we lack judicial and legislative constraints on the executive.

Also, the US stands to lose its democracy rating in next year's report, so maybe then China will be as "democratic" as the US.