The Rise and Fall of the EAST
Pekingology
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The Politics of the Civil Service Examination
The Chinese civil service examination is designed to weed out people who are loyal to the regime. The emperor uses an interview at the end of the process to assess whether you're loyal to him or not. "You can't teach democracy in this format because it's kind of a self-defeating ideology," he says.
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