Elections

Question 1

Actually, elections in China are a sham, becoming less democratic and increasing the method of control by the Chinese Communist Party. True or False

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Most elections in China are “indirect” whereby it is the members of a particular body that elect from among their own to serve on the next higher level of the power structure. True or False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The most powerful positions in the PRC government, such as city mayors and provincial governors, are appointed, not elected. True or False

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Independently nominated candidates outside the CCP have defeated official nominees in many direct and indirect elections; yet such independent candidates must also be approved by the CCP. True or False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The CCP is gambling that continued solid economic performance will literally buy it legitimacy and that most citizens will care little about democracy or national politics if their material lives continue to get better. True or False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Fortunately for China’s future and economic well-being, much of the past bureaucratic red tape and obstacles to economic expansion have been removed, making it easy for entrepreneurs and investors to expand production. True or False

Answer 6

TRUE*****

Question 7

Political repression in China still affects the lives of most people much more directly than corruption. True or False

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Despite the CCP’s continuing tight hold on power, there have been a number of significant political changes in China that could be harbingers of democracy. True or False

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Elections in which all the voters from a specific area get to cast ballots for candidates from their particular community: a) popular election, b) caucus, c) direct election, d) primary election.

Answer 9

c) direct election

Question 10

Where are direct elections most common in China? a) village level, b) the township level, c) in the cities, d) regional level.

Answer 10

a) village level

Question 11

What percent out of some 600,000 village leaders are women in the PRC? a) 1 percent, b) 7 percent, c) 12 percent, d) 18 percent.

Answer 11

a) 1 percent

Question 12

According to an official of National People’s Congress, Western-style elections are: a) becoming more suitable for China’s political system, b) a game for the rich, c) fully corrupt no form of election participation can be allowed, d) a positive way by which the people can get their voices heard.

Answer 12

b) a game for the rich

Question 13

The social space outside the state occupied by voluntary associations based on shared
interests, for example, non- governmental organizations (NGOs), professional associations, labor unions, and community groups: a) political values, b) social responsibility, c) civil society, d) political legitimacy.

Answer 13

c) civil society

Question 14

The richest rural town that looks much like America with spacious roads and townhouses: a) Changwu, Shaanxi Province, b) Huaxi, Jiangsu Province, c) Nanhu, Shandong Province, d) Zhaiqiao, Zhejiang Province.

Answer 14

b) Huaxi, Jiangsu Province

Question 15

This village of 250 families is located in a mountainous region in one of the areas known as China’s Third World where persistent poverty is still the common lot: a) Nanhu, Shandong Province, b) Beiwang, Hebei Province, c) Changwu, Shaanxi Province, d) Huaxi, Jiangsu Province.

Answer 15

c) Changwu, Shaanxi Province

Question 16

Who was Qian Yunhui? a) a local alcoholic in from Shandong Province, accused of murdering his neighbor’s wife, b) he became famous for winning the national lottery and giving some of his money to charity, c) a local official who stole thousands of dollars from a famous entertainer, d) a popular village leader who died under suspicious circumstances.

Answer 16

d) a popular village leader who died under suspicious circumstances.

Question 17

What percent of China’s population still live in the countryside? a) 55%, b) 63%, c) 59%, d) 71%

Answer 17

a) 55%

Question 18

According to the authors, why does the government of the PRC also needs to find ways to restructure the economy so that its work force is less dependent on employment by export-oriented industries? a) because there are greater opportunities in the growing high-tech sector, b) because it is more vulnerable to shifts in the global market, c) because in this one area is where much of the corruption exists, d) because future demand to always come from within an economy not outside.

Answer 18

b) because it is more vulnerable to shifts in the global market

Question 19

Each year, how many new entrants to China’s labor force are seeking employment and opportunities, many graduating from universities and technical institutes? a) 14 million, b) 25 million, c) 32 million, d) 37 million.

Answer 19

b) 25 million

Question 20

The most dynamic source of economic growth is in China’s: a) public sector, b) agri-business, c) private sector, d) military.

Answer 20

c) private sector

Question 21

A hybrid system where a combination of increasing economic openness and continuing political rigidity under the leadership of a remodeled communist ideology and party: a) Socialist-Capitalism, b) Marxist Statism, c) Market-Leninism, d) Maoist-Economics.

Answer 21

c) Market-Leninism

Question 22

Why did the local assembly’s decision to give just a few families known for their farming expertise contracts to tend the village’s 3000 pear trees rather than giving each family in the village an equal number of pear trees in Beiwang, Hebei Province?
a) In a short time pear production _______.
b) The new system proved to be beneficial not only to the families who looked after the trees, but also to the ________ as a ______
c) because of economic _______________ and the local _____________ share of the
profits increased.

Answer 22

a) zoome
b) village, whole
c) diversification, government’s

Question 23

What are some of the pessimistic reasons cited as to why China may remain in some form an authoritarian state:

a) China's long history of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and authoritarian rule and the hierarchical 	values 	of still-influential \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ culture seem to be mighty counterweights to 	democracy. 
b) … the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ power of China's communist party-state remains formidable. 
c) The PRC's relatively low per capita standard of living, a largely rural population and 	vast areas of extreme poverty, and state-dominated \_\_\_\_\_\_ and means of 	\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ also impose some impediments to democratization. 
d) Finally, many in China are apathetic about \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or fearful of the violence and 	chaos that radical political change might unleash.

Answer 23

a) bureaucratic, Confucian
b) coercive
c) media, communication
d) politics

Question 24

On the positive side, why is there room for hope that China will one day become democratic?

a) The impressive success of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in the past decade, including free and fair 	multiparty elections from the local level up to the presidency .…
b) And though it is still developing, China has a higher \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ rate, more extensive 	\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and urbanization, a faster rate of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ growth, 
c) and a burgeoning \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_, conditions widely seen by social scientists as 	favorable to democracy.

Answer 24

a) Taiwan
b) literacy, industrialization, economic
c) middle class