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A popular image of China is: ‘a large unitary state characterised by an unusual degree of cultural and linguistic homogeneity, a tradition of statehood that stretches back into distant antiquity, and a government that insists on representing itself in strict post-Westphalian terms as sovereign, unitary and rational.’1 Many observers of China still hold that: ‘China remains authoritarian’2 because of the Communist Party’s ‘exclusive guidance of economic, social, military and political goals.’3 The Party’s leadership is guaranteed institutionally by the boundless power of the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The government is no more than a servant of the Party.
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Yi-chong, X. (2010). Who Decides? The Politics of Nuclear Energy. In: The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290532_4
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