Counterpoint: I lived in Eastern China from 2011-2013, and the majority of the people I met around my age (early twenties) hated the party. They hated the Great

Counterpoint: I lived in Eastern China from 2011-2013, and the majority of the people I met around my age (early twenties) hated the party. They hated the Great Firewall, hated the censorship and hated the Chengguan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Urban_Administrative_and_Law_Enforcement_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Urban_Administrative_and_...). They just didn't linger on it much as they didn't feel there's anything they could do to change it. Certainly none believed it was "better" than the political systems in Taiwan, Singapore or pre-Chinese Hong Kong. Of course, that could just be due to selection bias in the people I associate with.