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Kerry Brown: Centrifugal Empire: Central Local Relations in China by Jae Ho Chung

central-local-relations-in-chinaThe dynamics between the central administration in imperial Chinese dynasties and local levels of administration since the first unification under the short lived Qin in 220 BCE and the ways in which the shadow of these persist to this day is an enormous subject. It is curious, as Jae Ho Chung points out in the preamble to this short but intense and highly rewarding monograph, why so little attention has been paid to this subject. Continue reading

The New Emperors-Power and the Princelings in China

KERRY BROWN 07.23.14

How does one become the leader of the world’s newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to one Continue reading