>by nature of being authoritarian, have no mandate from the people of the PRC If you have studied Chinese history you'd know the mandate does not come from it

>by nature of being authoritarian, have no mandate from the people of the PRC If you have studied Chinese history you'd know the mandate does not come from it being democratically elected, but rather how good it's doing its job. Democracy is not only a concept that's foreign to Chinese history, it's not even desired by that many people in China.