I read a recent article on foreignpolicy.com about a Chinese Bonds/etc rating agency which systematically gave Democratic nations lower ratings than authoritari

I read a recent article on foreignpolicy.com about a Chinese Bonds/etc rating agency which systematically gave Democratic nations lower ratings than authoritarian ratings. This was taken as a form of Chinese propaganda and ignored as such...but this article makes me wonder, as much as I hate to say it, if they are right...