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Explaining Western Lobbying Strategies in China

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Lobbying and Foreign Interests in Chinese Politics

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This chapter first discusses empirical results from EU and US lobbying organisations before explaining why Western groups in China choose particular lobbying strategies. Independent variables help to explain why particular lobbying strategies are selected, and provide an understanding of how the Chinese political system and other variables influence Western lobbying strategies. With the help of the explanatory variables, Chinese and Western lobbying are compared.

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Weil, S. (2017). Explaining Western Lobbying Strategies in China. In: Lobbying and Foreign Interests in Chinese Politics. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55620-2_7

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