You’re allowed to publicly critizise the government of China, what are you talking about? They even have online posting boards where you can complain directly to your local politicians. It’s not illegal at all lol. I don’t really see how that would relate to a survey carried out in Taiwan with (I assume) anonymous answers. I think you should read the survey before you make such judgements about the methodology? I also don’t understand where you’re getting the funding thing from.

What do you mean by authoritarian? Please define the word.