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Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State

Conversations with Tyler

CHAPTER

The Chinese Succession Process Is Stable, Right?

Gordon Tullock's Curse: embedded succession conflict in an autocracy. Why has Chinese succession been so stable up to now? And will we see Tullocks's Curse whenever Xi steps down, passes on? So, I do want to modify the word that you use as stable. There are two ways to use that term. One is to describe the succession process itself. If that's the situation we are trying to describe, it's not stable at all.

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