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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

China has consistently some of the highest government satisfaction rates in the world

it's hard to conceive 90+% of the population being satisfied with the central government, everyone here hates our government and politicians.

You're so close to tripping over the fact that authoritarian governments can't be trusted to provide honest answers. Who wants to say you're unsatisfied when doing so could get you vanned?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I mean I would be skeptical too of any piece of info that comes from China, but how does that coincide with only 44% of "Township" people being satisfied 10 years ago?

I've given my sources in other comments and they're all western institutions. Your inability to believe them comes not from reasonable skepticism, but from western propaganda giving you cognitive bias against anything positive coming from China.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

One of the biggest government contractors in China is the company that conducts polling.

How do you tell the difference between an authoritarian government and a government that is responsive to public sentiment but also happens to be on diplomatically shaky ground with your own leaders?