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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1054 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Experimentation under hierarchy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Xu (2011) characterises China as a regionally decentralised authoritarian system in which the central government controls personnel while subnational governments run the bulk of the economy and initiate, implement, divert and resist reforms.”

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