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This book attempts to explain the different degrees of policy change that occurred in the wake of crises in China: why do some crises trigger major policy change and others do not? This question originates from the observation that a series of policy reforms followed the SARS virus crisis, while a much lesser degree of policy change occurred after similar-scale crises.
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Liu, Y. (2022). Explaining Variance of Crisis Rhetoric and Exploitation. In: Crisis Rhetoric and Policy Change in China. Governing China in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7763-2_7
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