I mean it’s not exactly shocking that people have confidence in their government when they see their lives improve and lose confidence when their material conditions are deteriorating in front of their eyes.

What a lot of people in the west don’t seem to realize is that living conditions in China improved drastically in only a few decades. People are seeing their country going from largely underdeveloped one to a high tech world power. Why would anybody expect CPC not to have massive support from the people.

Meanwhile, exact opposite is happening in vast majority of western countries. People look at lifestyle of their parents and realize that it’s unattainable to them, life keeps getting worse while the oligarchy keeps getting richer. No amount of propaganda can counter people’s own lived experience in the long run.