2000-2014 Chinese bureaucrats used media to criticize rivals, fostering factional competition and promoting power consolidation.

University of Michigan study reveals China's local bureaucrats use media to criticize rivals, creating negative news that harms promotion prospects and weakens rival factions. Factional competition promotes stronger factions attacking weaker ones, leading to power consolidation and weakening of rivals. Study analyzed 2000-2014 media reports and political networks of elite Chinese bureaucrats.

March 19, 2024
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