I think that a lot of people simply dont understand the Chinese mentality.
The Chinese are ruthless when it comes to acquiring what they want. Ethics, morals, social values, etc dont matter. No one knows this better than the Chinese themselves. That is why so many Chinese support the CCP. They are very afraid of absolute chaos if everyone is allowed to do their own thing knowing how ruthless the Chinese can be to each other.
The Chinese would gladly trade freedom for wealth. Being rich is much more important than freedom of speech, or the right to vote, or the right to assemble, or freedom to freely practice religion. So as long the average Chinese worker's life keeps getting better, and he has more money in his pocket, and he has a better life than his parents - the CCP is safe and secure.
Now that does not mean that there arent some artists and writers, etc who are extremely angry and frustrated with the lack of freedom. Sure these folks exist. But they are by no means representative of the average Chinese.
The only thing that can topple the CCP is an economic collapse resulting in massive numbers of new poor people created all over the country or a total stagnation of the economy. As long as the economy keep growing at 8-10%, the CCP will be fine.
If you want more prove of this statement - then look at Singapore -a tight;y run country that tolerates very little dissent from the opposition or even journalists. But no one is complaining because they have a great standard of living and they couldnt care less about politics or freedom of speech when their pockets are full.
There are too many dumb threads about Freedom in China all over the media. They are all written by naive people who think there will be a revolution in China. It will never happen !!!
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