You know people keep yapping on how China is a dictatorship and how its leaders are worshipped as gods. But yet apart from a few local places which is done as a personal preference by the boss himself you're not gonna see a portrait of Xi or Mao in the office. This is especially apparent in settings that demand a more professional environment like finance or tech because its simply not professional. You're there to work not worship and I think Xi or whatever prefers you focus on doing your job properly first over everything else esp in important sectors. I actually think even in government offices, they don't do that.
And yet you have places like Iran where they have portraits of Khamenei everywhere. Like I remember seeing a clip of some semiconductor or weapon foundry clean room with people in the white covers and there was a portrait of Khamenei in it lol.
China isn't in the iron curtain age. People can openly visit and even work there. I have no clue why people still have this view on China.
The people with such stereotypes and views typically had their views crystallize decades ago, and maybe cling to them because it conveniently allows them to dismiss Chinese as unthinking and brainwashed, who would rise up in uprising if only a white savior could enlighten them. This allows them to dismiss any contrary view from any Chinese person (or any person that goes to visit or work in China) as part of the brainwashing or as a paid for bribed opinion.