The individual people are always good. It is only the RULERS and the SYSTEM OF GOVT that makes them good or bad. COMMUNISM is bad. ISLAMIC (or ANY OTHER RELIGION BASED) rule is bad. DICTATORSHIP is bad. These do not allow individuals to make their own choice.
If you let the people let make their choice, you will find that EQUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE are there on both sides of any issue. So they settle down on a mutually acceptable course of action. This is how SECULAR DEMOCRACIES work. I have worked with some chinese in China. They are nice people. They are not allowed to express their individual opinion. It is a few people ruling over more than 1 billion people.