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When the outside world looks at China and CCP, they mainly compare these snapshots with the snapshots taken from some developed countries at the same time. Their conclusion is clear. China and CCP are bad bad and very bad.
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There are many good points here and I'll address them separately.
You provided one good reason why the outside world may have a different opinion on CCP. Another reason is China's international policy and behavior, which is less an issue for its people.
Historically, China has been "front and center" in that part of the world, surrounded by tributory states (and protected by the Great Wall). Traditionally, its "foreigh policy" is to demand submission in exchange for protection. This "regional power model" might work fine in the old days, it is considered bullying by modern standard.
Western countries, influenced by Christian teachings that men are created by God according to His image, generally prefer to treating all countries (and all people) with respect, or diplomatically. Use of power is generally the last resort and is considered an uncivilized behavior.
If you put these two models together, you can see why they consider CCP very bad. Especially China has so much economic and military power now, no one wants to see China throw its weight around.
So they believe democracy is a way for China to be more accountable. That may be true. But I also believe that the old concept of foreign relationship has to be changed, starting from how history books are written. Unfortunately, CCP is not open to modernization of thinking.
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