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A person who exercises a position of authority in a communist party-state; cadres may or may not be Communist Party members.
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What event in 1956 led to the Soviet-Chinese “split,” causing China to pursue its own path to socialism?
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Return to board What was the 1989 student occupation of Tiananmen Square was eventually known as?
Virtually all political activity is organized by the Communist Party.
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The Politburo
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Almost all key officials are party members, the party uses a cadre list system to control personnel appointments, party organizations parallel government agencies at all levels and government agencies contain “leading party groups” comprised of key officials who are also party members.
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Has recently become more influential in the country’s political process but remains basically a rubber stamp for policies decided by the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Most elections are indirect but direct elections are widely used in rural villages and there have even been experiments involving the direct election of lower-level communist party members.
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A system of social organization based on the common ownership and coordination of production.
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Companies in which a majority of ownership control is held by the government.
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The top 350 or so leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. It meets annually for about two weeks and is charged with carrying on the business of the National Party Congress when it is not in session.
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