[philliphaydon]

> There are decades of polling, analysis of polling methodology by western NGOs and institutions to support these findings.

Polling put Hillary at 98% chance of winning and she still lost. Unless you support the conspiracy theories that Russia hacked the election.

It’s not hidden knowledge that a lot of Chinese people are scared to say anything bad.

[dirtyid]

This is 30+ years of polling showing consistent trend with methodologies scrutinized by multiple parties. And since when are statistics of approval ratings comparable to US election polling?

>It’s not hidden knowledge that a lot of Chinese people are scared to say anything bad.

Because that's not actual knowledge so much as conspiratorial thinking and lazy propaganda. PRC citizens criticize with impunity frequently, especially via methods that has little chance of blowback, i.e. polling, local protests vs public criticisms that goes viral.

[philliphaydon]

Oh please. Local protests in china always result in police brutality and arrests. Just a few weeks ago there was video footage of students protesting the changes to their degrees sitting on steps and the police hitting them. Let’s not try and pretend people are not scared to go against the norm. The vast majority of PRC you talk to outside of china will tell you they absolutely love their country and hate the ccp. Don’t pretend that sentiment doesn’t exist inside china for the vast majority of good people suffering at the hands of the ccp.

[dirtyid]

Yes and who do they appeal to? Central government, which comports with all studies showing high satisfaction with Beijing's performance. And risk of physical protest is qualifiable different than participating in a poll, PRC folks bitch about politics via relatively cost free methods everyday.

>vast majority of PRC you talk to outside of china will tell you they absolutely love their country and hate the ccp.

Maybe if you hang with FLG crowd and base opinion off epochetimes. Apart from dissidents or minorities who actually suffered repression which are the minority, the vast majority of mainland diaspora acknowledge central gov is what made modern PRC great, even if begrudgingly. Of course negative sentiment towards government exists... 5% against central gov as data shows. Everyone, everywhere bitches about politics, local and central, difference is PRC citizens overwhelmingly feels central gov is performing well. And in context of national approval, one evaluates based on performance of central gov like top executive branches / politburo members. Again this is consensus of 30 years of polling that's been scrutinized every which way by western institutions.

[philliphaydon]

Must feel nice living under a rock every day. It's really sad that people like you keep spewing propaganda while a country of people suffer.