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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1064 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Performance legitimacy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Zhao argues that performance legitimacy has been central in Chinese history and politics but is intrinsically unstable, because concrete promises produce immediate crisis when unfulfilled, and predicts a major crisis for the current government when the economy cools unless it builds legal-electoral legitimacy.”

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