To the person who got flagged to death, apologies I wasn’t ultra precise in grammar, and yes, my experiences does bias me a bit.

Though, in my experience, asking that question to people in China (or from there) is generally met with:

  * I don’t know, not interested in politics
  * Chinese people live there so they’re a part of China (not separating gov from race/ethnicity as a naive answer)
  * (no comment)