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Mass political interest in urban China: an empirical study / Yang, Zhong; Wei, Hu

Yang, Zhong	Journal Article
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2013.

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Political and economic developments in China seem to continue to defy the con- ventional wisdom that economic growth fosters The Chinese communist regime has successfully survived the worldwide wave of democratization. including the recent democratic changes in the Arab world. What sustains the stability of the Chinese political regime appears to be the country's rapid economic growth over the past three decades as it catapults China to becoming the second-largest economy in the world. In the reform era. the communist Party of China (CFC) sumwliilly turned a political system of 'politics taka command" during the Cultural Revolution into a system of 'economics rakes command". Deng Xiaoping once famously said that 'economic development is the real hard truth' (FISLUN SIN' YINGDAOLI). implying that so long as the economy performs well. the CPC regime will remain stable. especially since the primary concern of the Chinese people is their personal economic conditions. Indeed. the political legitimaqr of the CPC today is said to be largely built upon.

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Economic Development ; Economics ; China ; Urban Development ; Political Legitimacy ; Urban China ;
Political Interest ; Communist Party of China - CCP ; Personal Economics ; Chinese Communist Regime ; Political Development ; History ;
Indian Politics - 1921-1971

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Unevenness vs. Unfairness: Perceptions of Economic Inequality and Political Support in China / Yu, Yan ; Yang, Zhong

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Does economic inequality in China have political repercussions? While China scholars have approached this question in various ways, few studies have directly tested the relationship between people's perceptions of income inequality and political support in China. This article examines the direct relationship between perceptions of income inequality, especially the perception of fairness in income distribution, on the one hand, and people's subjective support for China's political regime, on the other. By drawing data from the 2016 Asian Barometer Survey, the authors employ factor analysis, multiple imputation for missing values, and ordinary least squares regression analysis to estimate the relationship between perceptions of income inequality and political support. Results have consistently shown that the perceived unfairness of income distribution overshadows the perceived level of income disparity in influencing people's regime support. Chinese respondents who think income distribution is unfair tend to show weak political support for the political regime in China. These findings suggest that even though some Chinese people may be tolerant of the widening income gap in China, the perceived unfairness in the income gap poses a potential threat to the Chinese government.

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Economic Inequality ; China ; Political Support

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