The Chinese system is very democratic. It is demonstrably far more democratic than western “liberal democracies,” especially the ones that still cling to feudalist vestiges like “royalty” which is blatantly anathema even to the claimed values of liberal supposed-democracy. The Chinese people are overwhelmingly supportive of both their government (their elected leaders) and overwhelmingly supportive of their system which requires the elected officials in high office to have demonstrated their competency as a leader at each lower level first, needing to earn their leadership from the bottom up… rather than merely having to kiss the king’s ass/ring/hand/clown shoe or whatever to get appointed. The only thing that might be “politically sensitive” about all that is how much it might reinforce the Chinese people’s correct view that their system is superior to the frankly cringe joke of a system that the UK has, where both the government and the system are hated (and with good reason) by the people ruled over by that government and trapped within that system.

@LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net, you comment about a clown government and who inevitably shows up in the comments to defend it? Clown shoe bootlickers. Clownshoelickers?