And this leads to misconception #2: the government is a monolith.
This is very hard for people to understand who haven't experienced it, but despite China being a massively authoritarian state, there is almost scary amounts of local autonomy. Part of this is cultural¹. The rest is practical.
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¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_is_high_and_the_emperor_is_far_away
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