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Chinese governance needs non-Western lens, says professor

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Nie Huihua, a professor at Renmin University of China, argues that understanding China's governance and innovation requires moving beyond Western-centric economic frameworks. He suggests that China's system, characterized by top-down accountability and a blend of formal and informal institutions, differs significantly from Western bottom-up electoral models. Nie highlights the importance of informal mechanisms and collectivist cultural values in East Asian countries, contrasting them with the Western emphasis on individualism and formal rule of law. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Phoebe Zhang ·

    Nie Huihua on the non-Westernness of Chinese government and the challenge to innovation

    Nie Huihua, a professor of economics at Renmin University, discusses how an effective understanding of China’s development requires a shift from Western-centric frameworks to an integrated perspective that recognises how formal institutions, informal grass-roots mechanisms and cu…

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