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Independent candidates in mainland China: origin, development, and implications for China's democratization / Sun, Ying

Sun, Ying	Journal Article
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Publication	2013.
Summary/Abstract	This paper examines the origin and historical development of independent candidates in People's Congress elections of mainland China. It discusses the motives and strategies of independent candidates, and how the Party-state copes with the growing independent candidate movement.

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Election ; China ; Congress ; Independent Candidates ; Party Control

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Municipal people's congress elections in the PRC: a process of co-option / Sun, Ying

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2014.

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Congress elections are an important part of political-legal studies in China. The literature has covered the direct election process, voters' attitudes and behaviors, and Party-congress-government relations in Chinese elections. Based on on-site observations, interviews and first-hand documents, this article explores the process of indirect elections at the municipal level. This article examines the interaction among institutions taking part in the municipal congress elections. It also addresses how the social structure changes affect congress elections and deputy compositions. It reveals that an implicit function of the congress election is to co-opt new social groups and interests into the establishment. Such co-option is an adaptive strategy of the Party state in the reform era.

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Election ; China ; Public interest ; Social Reform ; Political System - China ; Political Issues ;
Legal Issues ; Chinese People ; Adaptive Strategy ; Public Cooperation ; Public Organisation ; Urban People of China ;
Congress Election - China ; Municipal Election - China

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Of judge quota and judicial autonomy: an enduring professionalization project in China / Sun, Ying; Hualing, Fu

Hualing, Fu	Journal Article
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This article presents the findings of original research on “judge quota” reform. The reform's agenda was essentially aimed at professionalization: by edging out a given percentage of judges, only the better qualified judges would be re-appointed to create a more professionalized judiciary. A key component of the reform was to reduce the level and the intensity of both political and bureaucratic control over judges in adjudication and to decentralize judicial power to the rank-and-file judges, restoring individualized judging while enhancing judicial accountability. This article critically examines the potential and limits of the judge quota reform in the context of incremental legal reform in a party-state.

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China ; Legality ; Judicial Reform ; Judicial Autonomy ; Professionalism ; Quota Judge

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