I wish for democratic rule for all people, but I do think it is a real concern that progressive-minded people might end up getting a smaller share in the "voice of the people" than before in a newly democratic state. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of city-dwellers in major metropolis areas that do not wish to share the same democracy with "peasants" from less developed regions. Not saying that people from poorer regions do not deserve democracy, but it is indeed worrying that they might set back some of the progress already achieved in more open-minded regions. Will they advocate for the criminalisation of homosexuality? Will they make adultery a crime as well? Will they normalise gender discrimination? What about aggressive nationalist diplomacy? If even Americans can feel they do not have faith in half the country, where is the guarantee that a democratic China would not be like Turkey right now? I do not have a solid opinion on this, but I think China needs to have more regional autonomy for a democratic system to work. A strong centralised government enforcing the will of the majority (or even only plurality) will probably be even worse for the rest of the population. There is a good reason why most countries the size of China are run as federations.