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You think Xi has absolute power? Not even Mao had absolute power.
They seem like the kind of person who thinks the cultural revolution was completely lead by Chairman Mao and not mostly the chaos of warring factions when all power was given to the people with no oversight or discipline.
You understand neither socialism nor communism. Read a book.
It's always amazing to me how these people who have done zero investigation have the sophomoric nerve to speak as if they're educating other people in the middle of having information poured over their heads with a bucket
China is socialist, not yet communist. It's run by a communist party, but there is still class struggle. In China, public ownership is the principal aspect of the economy, but there are still other forms of ownership. Communism will exist once all production and distribution has been collectivized.
Secondly, propaganda doesn't work that way. Read the sources, people believe China is democratic because it is. It has elections, and consultative democracy where the will of the people directs policy. The people rule the system in China. You're confusing liberal democracy for democracy in general, but what's interesting about liberal democracy is that really it's just democracy for capitalists. Having a single main party but broad consensus-building and polling to direct policy is more democratic than picking between a handful of capitalist dominated parties. Plus, China has 8 parties in addition to the CPC that form the government. Finally, there's nobody with absolute authority in China, so I don't know what you mean by this.
Overall, I think you're very confused about socialism and communism, and China in general. Where did you get these ideas from?