So right, after Iraq WMD fiasco, why would anyone with common sense continue to believe in the western media. They have been calling a China collapse for last 30 years and you see the results.
The west is so arrogant and believes it's their destiny to spread democracy (or chaos) around the world. they forgot democracy is not the ends but the means to get justice and being prosperous. They forgot a system born out of their tradition, their unique culture background does not necessary fit with the others.
Most of poor countries are democratic, the East Asian countries during their economic rise phase are not democratic. Heck, I would argue the benevolent dictatorship is the best government system (sort of like Singapore). In any society there is injustice but you have to look at the whole picture, are we improving or are we stagnating. Chinese government is no saint, but they deliver, common folks have a shot.