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China has higher government approval rates than any western country. The whole "Chinese surveillance state" myth stems from western media propaganda. Go ask a Chinese person about the dreaded "social credit score" system and they literally don't know what it is, it's just western lies. The west has literal journalist prisoners like Assange, the UK is enjailing people for supporting Palestine, and heroes like Snowden had to migrate to other countries due to political persecution for revealing the depth of the western surveillance state. It's all projection with China.
i know real Chinese people who left china because of how bad it is there, not because of socialism, but because of the government surveillance and how they treat people.
I've directed the Master's and Bachelor's thesis of several Chinese students here in Europe, and literally all of them except one have returned to China because life there is better. The one who stayed, personally told me that he used to be Chinese opposition, but after some years in Europe seeing the shitshow we have and the impending rise of fascism, he's not as critical of the Chinese government anymore.
Your sample is biased: you've only spoken to the Chinese émigrés, so you're suffering from survivor bias.
sounds like the ones who pledged allegiance to the party.
Sure, buddy, everyone who reinforces your worldview from your limited sample is a true Chinese testimony, but the 99% of Chinese who choose to stay In China are the brainwashed hivemind.