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This is, again, not true. You have a caricature of China in your head, not an accurate picture of China. People don't live in fear, data is reliable. China has some of the best perceptions surrounding their country's democracy in the world:
From NIRA data.
I'm sure we both have inaccurate views of life in China. You don't sound like you've spent much time living their either. I'd assume we're both quite wrong in many ways.
But generally, self reported data of people's opinions isn't all that reliable actually. What people say they think, is often different than what their actions reveal. There are numerous biases and motivations in answering these kinds of questions.
And in a single party state with a multi-generational history of violent suppression of critical voices? I'd expect the data is even less reliable.
Despite your gut feelings, the data is understood to be accurate.