Direct Democracy just means that your vote isn't represented by someone else, which would be indirect democracy (like how we have representatives that vote for us in congress). Since you are voting for something in the group "directly" that would be an example of direct democracy.
Qin Shi Huangdhi was the king of the state of Qin, hence the title of Qin in front of his name. A big thing that he did was unify China in 221 BC after he conquered all of the other warring states in the China region. He brought peace and prosperity to China after that.
Hope this helps.
Specific Description. It's neither biased nor inappropriate, since both are factually true and informing about Stephanie. And it's not a cliched statement either.