They are canceling Tienanmen,again

The last Emperor of China ended his reign in 1912. It was the end of 5,000 years of such reigns where one ruler had absolute power. It should be no surprise that China is reverting to such rule since 1949. Moa Tse Tung was effectively an Emperor, as has all his successors.

Democracy does not suit China - at least not yet. Remember, if democracy is defined by universal suffrage - one person, one vote, then the UK has only been truly democratic since 1930 when women got the vote on the same terms as men. [Women had the same voting terms as men in Ireland since the founding of the state] Of course, FPTP does dilute the legitimacy of their democracy.

Also, within the Chinese (and other such states, there is an element of democracy within the ruling party. [Not to sure how open or transparent it is though].

You mention India.

There was no democracy in India under the British Raj - none. When the British left, they created two states (well three if you separate East and West Pakistan). Such was the creation, many Indians had to flee for their lives, and very many did not make it, including Mahatma Ghandi. Kashmir is still disputed.

Now, currently, how much democracy is there in India, and how much is corruption? just 70 years since democracy arrived there - it certainly is still a work in progress - and still is too early to tell if it is a success. Is the caste system fully abolished?

Yes, the colony never was democratic and it is a little - how would one politely say - a bit hypocritical of the UK Gov to claim the Chinese Gov are denying HK residents democracy.

Claims to territories attained by invasion and war is always a tricky question, and Britain built an empire by invasion and coercion. I do not think a single native people of a territory welcomed them in.

You are right that the CCP is not three thousand years old.

However, there is 3,000 years of history in China where they had Emperors ruling with despotic powers. One man (and it was always a man) held the power of life and death over all his subjects, absolutely. It is this that gives the CCP the background culture of that they exercise such despotic powers with little opposition from most of the population.

In Britain, they have a culture of honouring one particular family that they revere as having special qualities that puts them way above everyone else in the land, and they bestow great wealth and privilege on that family - even if it is not deserved. I think they call it the monarchy, where the most senior member gets to wear a crown and wear fancy dress on state occasions.

We, in Ireland, do not subscribe to such nonsense, but we used to in more primitive times. Custom matters to most people in the world and it is not easy to change it.