Grassroots cadres are managers responsible for grassroots governance and serve as the final interpreters and executors of central government policies. They play a critical role in policy implementation, particularly in the "last mile" of the process. However, despite the government's efforts to implement public policies,...
Sunday, October 16th, 2016
Xi Jinping’s Political Economic Transformation and Its International Implications: A Preliminary Assessment
Xi Jinping, a “princeling” scion of China’s revolutionary aristocracy, rose from a blameless but unprepossessing background as a provincial official as blank as a Rorschach inkblot, prudently keeping his political agenda under wraps. Belying early expectations of political reform, Xi has instead since his ascension prioritized the monopolization of political...