The data is coming from the world's largest democracy perception study, published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (a Danish-based non-profit organisation).
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This should be improved with adding more countries, like Russia, then comparing with other important data, like freedom of expression, to be somehow relevant to any discussion
Freedom of expression only matters when it translates into real-world action. Otherwise, it’s just a jester’s privilege, the freedom to scream into the void. In China, people enjoy genuine freedom to advance their material interests, reflected in their consistently rising standard of living and an economy that serves the majority. Meanwhile, the West claims abstract 'freedoms' while living standards crumble and working people are stripped of political power.
In my country I could live without working and still be in pretty good health conditions after years, if I would like to.
Is that possible in China?
Because my country is the average "western" country and I consider it still pretty far from a democratic utopia.
And that doesn't sound too me like a big different situation fron what we have, let alone a better one. Then how is the perception of what's going on that different?
My point is that our lives here have improved too, but still the sentiment isn't that positive, rightfully so.
Also China isn't a third world country, it's a pretty big player in the global scale and yet the condition of his population are on par or lower than what you can find in the "west".