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honestly I don't care, what the US is doing is what on all fronts. people on China for the most part genuinely approve of their government.
Where are you getting info on the CCPs approval?
The Ash Center Research Team found that approval for the CPC surpasses 90%. Crucially, the study acknowledges the state control of media and propaganda, but points to the actual dramatic rise in living conditions over the decades that has made the most impact:
This is reflected in increased upward mobility, manifesting in increasing feelings of the country being "headed in the right direction," a stark contrast with the direction the US is moving:
One thing I find interesting in that is that Chinese citizens have low trust in local government but high trust in the federal side. But as the study points out, it’s the opposite in the US with high trust locally but low federal.
The US places a much greater emphasis on individualism, while the PRC's economic system is much more focused on central planning and a common, collectivist culture. Holdovers from the Cultural Revolution, where citizens were encouraged to always look upon their local officials critically, led to less trust in the local governments. The central government, on the other hand, has had sweeping and targeted programs focused on rural development in recent years, as the CPC has acknowledged the stark division between the highly developed urban areas and the underdeveloped rural areas.
China is pretty complicated, and getting a good picture of how they are today requires analyzing what the CPC takes issue with and what it approves of in how they performed under Mao, the Gang of Four, Deng Xiaoping, and now Xi Jinping. There have been other leaders, but these really represent 4 different "eras" for the economic makeup as a whole, and has most Chinese very hopeful for the future.