China's political system is a joke, and the only reason some Chinese people wouldn't want democracy is because the government has taught them not to want it. The being said, the representative democracy we have in the west leaves a lot to be desired.
i've just been watching this documentary from 2008 about Egypt's state discrimination towards christians. http://youtu.be/YWaucTfB68A i wonder if things are getting better for them yet, and how Egypts doing in general... there hasn't been much on the news about it in ages it seems...