Government Decision-Making

Question 1

Factors

Answer 1

• joining the CCP
• Village Committees
• joining protest movements & online activism
• government approved methods

Question 2

Joining the CCP

Answer 2

• Leninist philosophy of democratic centralism
• no public disagreement
• lower must obey higher-ups
• Sun Lijun = denounced for ‘seriously damaging the unity of the party’

Question 3

Village Committees

Answer 3

• maj. decisions made at national level
• elections to choose members of Village Committees
• women are allowed to participate and are playing a larger role than ever before
• village party secretary = most important person
• suspicions on how votes are counted
• vote buying & bribery are common
• sometimes there is very little competition in VC’s
• over 2/3 of China’s population live in rural areas
• 39 village officials were sacked in 2018 for corruption

Question 4

Government Approved Methods

Answer 4

• public hearings
• petitioning
• more of a consultation than actual decision-making
• 2008 - water usage prices case
• 2011 - case in Wukan

Question 5

Protest Movements & Online Activism

Answer 5

• ‘Zero-Covid’ policy
• ‘White Paper Protests’
• 8 maj. cities across China
• public protests = tightly regulated by CCP
• ‘great firewall of China’
• Confucian values - social harmony
• Beijing - Guardian reported 1000 ppl protesting
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