China Vocab Flashcards

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charismatic legitimacy

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a type of leadership in which authority derives from the charisma of the leader

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Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

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sole governing political party of the People’s Republic of China

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cult of personality

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a country’s regime uses the techniques of mass media, propaganda, the big lie, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies to create an idealized image of a leader

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democratic centralism

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the Leninist organizational system in which policy is decided centrally and is binding on all members

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foreign direct investment (FDI)

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an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country

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GONGOs

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government organized NGOs (a nonprofit organization that operates independently of any government, typically one whose purpose is to address a social or political issue)

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Great Firewall

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the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People’s Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically

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Great Leap Forward

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  • an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1958 to 1962.
  • campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of people’s communes
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Han Chinese

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92% of the ethnic population of China

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mass line

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the political, organizational and leadership method developed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Chinese revolution

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model of sustainable development

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sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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nomenklatura

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referred to the Communist Party’s governance to make appointments to key positions throughout the governmental system, as well as throughout the party’s own hierarchy

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one country, two systems

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a policy to integrate Hong Kong into China

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rational-legal legitimacy

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a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality

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red lines

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an unspoken understanding against criticizing the government or the party on independent media

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special economic zones (SEZs)

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an area in a country that is subject to different economic regulations than other regions within the same country

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State Council

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  • the chief administrative authority of the People’s Republic of China.
  • It is chaired by the premier and includes the heads of each of the cabinet-level executive departments.
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state-owned enterprises (SOEs)

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a legal entity that is created by a government in order to partake in commercial activities on the government’s behalf