A microkernel implements all drivers as user-space programs, and implements core features like IPC in the kernel itself. A monolithic kernel, however, implements the drivers as a part of the kernel...
You will often hear the term *china* and/or *porcelain* used interchangeably to refer to many types of tableware, but there are major differences between fine bone china and porcelain. What are they? Fine bone china is translucent, its clay body is white and, while still strong, it is more fragile than porcelain.
China is not a democracy, but Germany and France are, and some of differences between US and China, are English/German differences rather than democracy/dictatorship ones. It's is true that China protects individual rights less than Western Europe or the United States.