Letting liberals write your political theory isn't doing you any favors. I don't give a shit what sect you are, you're no better than a Blairite. All states are maintained through force and that judicial bit is 100% extraneous because, if the judicial branch has observable sway, it will be declared to either be kabuki theater or part of the oligarchy (see: people talking about China's Supreme Court).

So you are basically just saying "undemocratic" but with a pretentious buzzword sanctioned by liberal morons and hucksters.

Here's a fun one though: if that's the only relevant measurement, China does great because it has immense public approval even according to hostile western polling!

So you would therefore need to admit that it wasn't a good fit for the term "authoritarian," right?