China scored 9 out of 100 and was rated “not free” in the Freedom in the World 2025 report by the Washington-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Freedom House, which ranked 195 countries and 13 territories on political rights and civil liberties for 2024.

He said that the main reason for the lack of freedom is the political system in mainland China, which is a totalitarian model. “From the perspective of democratic standards, there are no elections, no multi-party competition, and citizens have no real right to participate in politics,” Sun said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-scores-9-out-100-2025-world-freedom-report

 

For live examples of CCP influenced Freedom, just look north to Canada which is in the back pocket of the CCP and whose leadership is accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks to enable political influence peddling and encourage the flow of cross border illicit drugs. Or follow Jennifer Zang “X” account which documents such issues daily — https://x.com/jenniferzeng97