>>9
Wrong, China has made more progress from tyranny to democracy than England did in 500 years after the magna carta. China in the early 70s was comparable to England at the time of King John, China today is comparable to england in the 18th century.
The modern world has seen a huge acceleration towards democracy and it is almost entirley due to the economic strength of nations blessed with liberty. We won the cold war because the Russians saw we were doing better, they had more nukes than us just before the communism broke down. Japan still has the hegemony that started it's war against america. Hirohito would have never thought that his descendants would actually try to emulate american values.
It is a revolution by example, even people who profit from tyranny benefit by allowing greater liberties to their people and sow the seeds for a slow evolution to true-democracy.