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In this highly readable account by a renowned expert on Chinese politics, we enter China's real channels of power, known to all participants but invisible to most observers. In this shadow world behind the formal organizational charts, power runs vertically through gateways, or mouths (kous), that connect Beijing to the smallest local neighborhoods in this far-flung land. The mouths of power are guarded by the most powerful men in the nation. It is a world of organizations but no institutions, of constantly changing rules. With a focus on the period of Communist Party rule since 1949,…
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5 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 2003W. W. Norton · 528 pages · 9780393924923
- Other · English · 1996R.S. Means Company · 526 pages · 9780393969870
- Other · English · 1995W.W. Norton · 498 pages · 9780393967142
- Other · English · 1995Norton · 350 pages · 9780393037876
- Other · Hebrew · 2007ha-Memshal be-Sinha-Universiṭah ha-petuḥah · 526 pages · 9789650609238
Politics and governmentHistoryHistoirePolitisches SystemPolitique et gouvernementGeschichteBinnenlandse politiekInternationales politisches System