Meanwhile , the ideals of democracy are far from realised on the mainland . For example , former Chinese premier Wen Jiabao once said in a speech that without real democracy , there is no guarantee of economic and political rights ; but he led a 2011 crackdown against the peaceful Chinese jasmine protests . Liu Xiaobo , a pro-democracy activist who received the global 2010 Nobel Peace Prize , died in prison . Others , such as Qin Yongmin ( 秦永敏 ) of the Democracy Party of China , who was only released from prison after twelve years , do not praise the Xinhai Revolution . Qin Yongmin said the revolution only replaced one dictator with another , that Mao Zedong was not an emperor , but he is worse than the emperor
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Xinhai Revolution