The Rise and Fall of the EAST

ISBN : 9780300266368

Author : Yasheng Huang

Publisher : Yale University Press

Year : 2023

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : The long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty’s introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE—and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional

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