China claims it’s the ‘largest democracy’
The self-styled beacon of democracy has evident democratic malaise, says the Foreign Ministry As U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hosted world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi , on the second day of a democracy summit , China’s government capped a week-long campaign criticising liberal democratic systems by attacking America’s “democratic malaise”. China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said democracy was “a common value of humanity instead of a geostrategic tool” and the summit this week was aimed at “defending U.S. hegemony, which is out-and-out anti-democratic”. Also Read: China's Xi responsible for Uyghur 'genocide', unofficial tribunal says “The self-styled ‘beacon of democracy,’” spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, “has evident democratic malaise and huge democratic deficits.” In the lead-up to the summit, China’s government and official media launched a two-pronged campaign: showcasing the strengths of China’s political system while pointing out the defi...