All of the following are characteristics of authoritarian governments in east asia, except a. few checks on power b. strong executive branches c. free and fair elections d. most people having little say in government

Actually, we don't need to know specifically about East Asia to answer this question: the answer to this question would be general to all kinds of authoritarian regimes, no matter the region: Authoritiarian regimes don't have free and fair elections (c), since those could remove the regime.

The correct answer to the question that is being presented above would be letter c. free and fair elections. All of the following are characteristics of authoritarian governments in East Asia, except free and fair elections because they are not allowed to say anything against the authorities.

The answer is b or dmost likely bhope it