>chinese people are overwhelmingly positive about their govt

There is growing discontent in the last few years. Economy and standard of living is not keeping up with expectation and the draconian measures to control covid has brought up comparisons to the cultural revolution times.

Labour is not that cheap anymore. Environmental regulations have also been increasing in the last few decades. That's why a lot of industries have shifted to Vietnam and other south east Asian countries, and China is doing a lot more technology based manufacturing.