The problem is, to many people around the world it is hard to describe the U.S. as democratic.

As I see it, in the U.S. the corporations have completely subverted the government whereas in China the corporations are afraid of the government.

I am not sure why private interests controlling governments is less scary than governments controlling private interests?

The U.S. lays claim to all data say Google stores about me, even the ones stored outside the U.S. As an European, the U.S. is much more likely to reach me if they wanted than China.

I am not sure why the U.S. model is better than China's. Perhaps we in the West would do better to admit it's two sides of the same coin.