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Judicializing Environmental Politics? China's Procurator-led Public Interest Litigation against the Government / Wang, Yueduan ; Xia, Ying

Xia, Ying	Journal Article
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Scholars consider deficient local accountability mechanisms a key shortcoming of China's response to environmental issues. Through empirical analysis of the new procurator-led public interest litigation (PIL) system, this study examines whether – and to what extent – this shortcoming can be remedied by empowering the juridical institutions. It concludes that thanks to the procuratorates’ political insider status, relative autonomy from local politics and extensive resources, procurators have generally found ways to maintain a delicate balance between holding executive agencies environmentally accountable and managing local governments’ resistance to the PIL system. However, reliance on top-down political support may ultimately hinder the expansion and stability of the procuratorial PIL system.

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Public Interest Litigation ; Judicialization ; procuratorate ; centre–local relations

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Power structure and media autonomy in China: the case of Southern weekend / Cheng, Gong; Guan, Bing ; Xia, Ying

Cheng, Gong	Journal Article
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How do Chinese media derive the autonomy to practice relatively freely, and how are they deprived of it? By analyzing the case of Southern Weekend, this study proposes one crucial factor—the central–local power structure within the Party’s censorship system to explain the dramatic changes of media autonomy in China. It argues that the divergence between the local authority and the central propagandists in dealing with the local media has guaranteed the autonomy of local media practitioners. The autonomy becomes eroded later when the central authority rationalizes the nomenklatura system of the regulatory bodies. By nurturing loyal agents at the local level, the central authority successfully eases the tension within the central–local power structure and strengthens its control over the regionally-based media outlets.

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China ; Case Study ; Power Structure ; Media Autonomy ; Southern Weekend

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