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For you last paragraph, that's been the Chinese model since Mao. The only substantial difference between the imperial governance and that of the current regime
by beaunative 5y ago
For you last paragraph, that's been the Chinese model since Mao. The only substantial difference between the imperial governance and that of the current regime is that the emperor is selected by an albeit small committee, provided the candidates are top ranks in the bureaucracy before a specific age, not granted through birth.
- fmajid 5y agoSure, but whether the Emperor is selected by accident of birth or by committee matters far less than how the bureaucracy is managed. A good example is how the authorities in Wuhan tried to cover up the coronavirus pandemic, but once the central government found out about the situation, Xi acted decisively (and effectively, it turns out) to stamp it out. Every monarchy in history has had to deal with unreliable minions. Usually they deal with it using a secret police, and another secret police to watch over the first secret police, and so on.