Former Australia PM Scott Morrison says China can be a democracy; Chinese people ‘care just as much about freedom as we do’
“Not with their government,” Morrison said in reference to Beijing. “It potentially could be values-based with their people.”
“He knew what he wanted, he knew where he was going,” Morrison said. “But as time wore on, the sort of charismatic exterior gave way to a more autocratic, authoritarian outlook on the region.”