Plenty of China watchers are happy to claim that Chinese people all support their government - and yet the government is curiously unwilling to test this assertion in democratic polls. Tells you something about how strongly held these beliefs are (hint: not very).
Do you support the National Park Service?
Do you support the Federal Aviation Administration?
Do you support the USDA?
Do you support Donald Trump?
Do you support the FDA?
Do you support NIST?
Do you support Joe Biden?
Do you support NIH?
Do you support public schools?
Do you support Guantanamo Bay?
Do you support the Environmental Protection Agency?
The Chinese government, although not democratically elected, is similar in one aspect, in that it is a very multi-faceted set of institutions that do a whole lot of things well that the majority of people support, and a few things that the majority of people secretly do not support but are unlikely to be vocal about.