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The problem here is that you have provincial level leaders with a 7th grade education who are dictated to up their GDP to a certain number. They know that build
by mads 3y ago
The problem here is that you have provincial level leaders with a 7th grade education who are dictated to up their GDP to a certain number. They know that building something will do the trick and at the same time prop up their personal unofficial finances via bribes and whatnot. So it continues...
- whimsicalism 3y agoMost provincial level leaders in China are likely better educated than their Western counterparts due to strict civil service exam and promotion hierarchy of progressively larger municipal management responsibilities
- Vt71fcAqt7 3y agoWhat is on that exam? Do you have any source for the average education attainment in provincial China?
- whimsicalism 3y agohttps://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_... This talk is definitely propaganda to a degree, but describes the Chinese administrative promotion system. https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/clm8_lc.pdf https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents... This study indicates that 2/3 of provincial leaders hold advanced degrees. I don’t have the comparative one for the US but I am pretty certain this is not the case for governors. No source was requested for the claim that they have 7th grade education, I’ll note.
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