China says it will work with Russia to promote 'real democracy'

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s top diplomat said Beijing will work with Moscow to promote “real democracy,” reaffirming his country’s ties with Russia. “China is willing to work together with Russia and the global community to promote real democracy based on nations’ own conditions,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday (June 1) via video link at a China-Russia think tank summit, according to a government statement. The event was attended by his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Mr Wang added that “monopolising” the definition of democracy and human rights to influence other nations was a tactic “doomed to fail,” in a…