Yes, I meant my comment in an absolute sense. It was not intended to be a comparison with China, just that I feel that the US is not a good example of a liberal

Yes, I meant my comment in an absolute sense. It was not intended to be a comparison with China, just that I feel that the US is not a good example of a liberal democracy. I like the US constitutional amendment preventing the government from making laws abridging freedom of speech though. It's, at least in part, stronger than what we have in Europe, so there are ways in which the US has very good laws democracy-wise, but I'm not sure it's quite enough.