Chinese culture doesn't allow leadership to be wrong
In the philosophy of legalism the state must suppress the people to have a strong state and that people are fundamentally evil
Also state power within the traditions of confucianism which is 2500 years old the state is very paternalistic
But also keep in mind these philosophies were created when China was divided during the war in States period
And the philosophy of legalism was implemented and continued by successive Chinese dynasties starting with Qin Dynasty
Whom rules China from 221 BC to 206 BC
Their is a book on Which also helps explain how a Confucius society political culture functions