@ordinary malaysian, your comment has no backing, mostly because China is not a democracy. How on Earth can we know if the government has backing from its people?

How can we know what the political preferences are of 1.4 billion people with a Communist Party that has just 87 million members? There is no logic in assuming anything about the popularity of the government, aside from the fact that millions of Chinese nationals leave every year, and don't return. What we do know is this: they definitely didn't choose any of their leaders, so I doubt those leaders are who they'd prefer in an election.

Don't treat the people of China with contempt by assuming that they simply want to be lorded over by a party that won a war 75 years ago against democracy.