China's National Security Law makes it a legal requirement on citizens that:
> Any organization or citizen shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law, and keep the secrets of the national intelligence work known to the public.
At that point, the CCP doesn't differentiate between "the Chinese people" and the CCP. They legally all have to do what they are told by the CCP for spying or whatever else. "Non-democratic" can sound a bit abstract, but...
> Any organization or citizen shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law, and keep the secrets of the national intelligence work known to the public.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Law#Lega...
At that point, the CCP doesn't differentiate between "the Chinese people" and the CCP. They legally all have to do what they are told by the CCP for spying or whatever else. "Non-democratic" can sound a bit abstract, but...