[forkLding]

Thing of note should be that the One-Child policy itself actually has many supporters in China with 76% of people approving of it in 2008 in a Pew Global Survey, they likely saw it as necessary as anybody in China can attest to the fact that cities in China are overpopulated even under One-Child Policy. The survey I've cited is below and the finding is in the Additional Findings section.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2008/07/22/the-chinese-celebrate-th...

[nradov]

And yet China also has entire "ghost cities" which are underpopulated.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2019/02/17/c...

[freerangebat]

It’s like they are also likely to genuinely support the Communist Party. Propaganda works.

[nine_k]

Not just propaganda. Likely there's no one else serious to support, and supporting a fringe group is outright dangerous.