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China's Political System
How the People's Republic is governed: the Party above the state, the Politburo Standing Committee, the NPC, cadre evaluation, provincial experimentation, Xi Jinping's centralization and the 2018 end of term limits.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Mao; Deng Xiaoping. Next: International law & the UN. Sources: Kenneth Lieberthal, *Governing China* (2nd ed., 2004); Susan Shirk, *Overreach* (2022); PRC Constitution (2018 amendment).Next: 1. Party and state