China claims it’s the ‘largest democracy’
The Hindu
The self-styled beacon of democracy has evident democratic malaise, says the Foreign Ministry
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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”.
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