Attempting to morally equate the People's republic of China to the US is an excercise in futility. Not really a democracy? Are you mad? The leftist/rightist bloc parties are perfect for preventing extremist elements from gaining any sort of meaningful plurality. Politics in the US have always been exceptionally moderate, which is the least I can say for european parliamentary democracies, in which communist/socialist or Fascist/Nationalist parties frequently gain seats with votes in the 25-30% range, only because their more moderate opponents are spread out among various parties.
To compare us to them in terms of human rights is nothing short of an insult. We are the single largest donors of human aid, in terms of dollars, on the planet. The legal system of the United States is, despite its flaws, enormously better at defending human rights than the odious legal system of China, which is geared towards the suppression of dissent. We, however, celebrate dissent. It is virtually a national passtime. There is not a single issue in the body of american politics which does not cause people to raise their voices at each other. No issue is truly taboo.In China, you may be harassed by the police for the rest of your life, simply for speaking out against a corrupt beaureaucrat, party official, or military commander. Your opinion is not welcome. If you prove to be too vocal, you can be imprisoned, humiliated, or simply be made to disappear. china still maintains an extensive forced labor camp system, known as the Laogai. At least 50,000 of chinas own citizens labor under grievous conditions, essentially as slaves, to produce any number of goods.America recieves some of the heaviest scrutiny in the world, because we allow it. We are large, influential, and powerful. It is natural that citizens of other nations would feel ill at ease because of our dominance. They are skeptical of us, unable to fathom that, despite our heritage (western civilization), we are a nation apart. We will protect you, we will extend an offer of friendship to you, so long as you do not threaten us with harm. That is America's sole desire; to prevent harm to itself, by any means necessary. We do not seek empire; we have seen the harvest of blood and tears that empire brings. Determining our own destiny is what brings the American people satisfaction. Our borders will never expand. We have what we want. Why is this so difficult to understand? Given a choice, the American people would retreat back behind our borders and remain separate forever. But this is not the case. All over the world, people awake with the desire to destroy us, it consumes entire nations with its deadly fervor. Blame America, Hate America. Every friday, Iranian clerics pray to their bloody handed god to destroy America, and their government actively pursues this. North Korea has made a national cult out of anti-americanism. Latin America is rife with those who denounce our wealth and influence, and seek to sap us of our strength, pouring millions of tons of drugs and weapons through our porous borders. The world is not safe for America, therefore we must be armed to defend ourselves.