Opinion

Censorship in the mind: Why Chinese opinion polls can’t be trusted

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By Experts

Published: May 17th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic. Today, we examine why opinion polls in China fail to identify citizens’ true thoughts on political and social issues.

As in many other countries, public opinion in China today is polarized and, to a certain extent, divided. Naturally, people here argue about different issues than in the West.

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