One thing you do have to realize is, the Chinese are very good at keeping up the appearances. While there are local elections, there's usually no right to stan

One thing you do have to realize is, the Chinese are very good at keeping up the appearances. While there are local elections, there's usually no right to stand for elections. These so-called elections, generally has only 1 candidate, or a few that are all communist members, with pretty much the same views. "Elections" where people can't stand to be elected freely are not elections, they are just some elaborate ceremony to rubber-stamp government official appointments.