"In the East, it was China's Communist Party who raised the flag of democracy and was recognized as democratic." Fang's argument: The U.S. does not get to decide what counts as democracy.

A Democratic China That Never Came. The idea of a democratic China traces back to the early 20th century and the fall of the Qing dynasty. Sun Yat-sen, the Republic of China’s founding father, sought ...

Activists hold flags that read "Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now" during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the start of massive pro-democracy protests which roiled Hong Kong in 2019, in ...