Saying the people of China have 'chosen not to choose' is bizarre and disingenuous - you are twisting the notion of freedom to imply Chinese people have chosen not to be free. The Chinese people have never in recent memory chosen the Chinese communist party to represent them exclusively.

as opposed to the illusion of choice provided in de facto two party "democracies"?

Yes, there's a world of difference between being able to choose from one option or 2.

As to the choice being an illusion because two parties often rule: tell that to the Whigs (one of the two parties that no longer exists in the UK), or to anyone that's held a balance of power in a coalition government.

one imprisons you for political dissent, one doesn't. "both sides are the same" is intellectually lazy.

Xi Jinping has no mandate to rule.

A friend who grew up in Singapore describes it as the capitalist version of North Korea