Getting Ahead in the Communist Party: Explaining the Advancement of Central Committee Members in China
Victor Shih,Christopher Adolph,Mingxing Liu — Getting Ahead in the Communist Party: Explaining the Advancement of Central Committee Members in China (2012)Victor Shih; Christopher Adolph; Mingxing Liu · 2012 · Article · abstractDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1091 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: China's reform era: experimentation under hierarchy (1978–2012) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“China's rapid growth after 1978 was caused by its one-party authoritarian system.”
Context. The same party presided over the 1959–61 famine; most accounts attribute growth to markets, decentralisation, catch-up and trade operating within, not because of, the authoritarian framework. Defenders point to policy continuity and state capacity.
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The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development
China's Changing of the Guard: Authoritarian Resilience
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