On development paths

- The judgment on whether a country is democratic or not should be made by their people, not by the handful of others. (Read more)

- There are different pathways toward well-being, and people of all countries are entitled to choose their own development paths and institutional models. (Read more)

- Democracy is the right of all peoples rather than an exclusive privilege of the few, and there are multiple ways and means to realize democracy instead of a single stereotype. (Read more)

- All efforts of individual countries to independently explore the path to modernization in light of their specific national conditions are worthy of respect. (Read more)

- There doesn't exist a fixed model for the path to modernization, and the path that suits a country will serve it well. (Read more)