There Was a Myth Called “China Will Get Richer and Democratise Over Time”
6 min readNov 3, 2019
There was a myth called “China will get richer and democratise over time.” Not until recently did people realise how spurious this discourse was. Regrettably, blind optimism leads to a myopic attitude that lures people to constantly pacify an assertive authoritarian superpower which has a long record of violence and human rights abuse.