Leading small groups are
a. issue-specific bodies that coordinate policy development and implementation.
b. groups of nonparty experts brought in to develop policy alternatives.
c. permanent inter-agency task forces responsible for coordinating policy in areas of national importance.
d. party branches within various government, economic, and social institutions.
e. semiregular meetings between national party leaders and high level government bureaucrats.
Q. 2Which of the following statements about subnational government in China is NOT true?
a. China is a unitary state.
b. Subnational executives are more accountable to party authorities than to subnational legislatures.
c. Because of economic decentralization, the central government cannot easily intervene directly in local affairs.
d. China's rural villages are technically self-governing and are not formally responsible to any higher level of state authority.
e. Although subnational legislatures (people's congresses) meet infrequently, they have become increasingly active.
Q. 3Which statement about China's judicial system is INCORRECT?
a. Citizen mediation committees often settle civil matters out of court.
b. The conviction rate for cases brought to trial is quite high.
c. Judicial appointments are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
d. The Supreme People's Court has, but has never exercised, the power of judicial review.
e. Legal reform has been undertaken because leaders recognize that a modern economy depends upon a predictable legal process.
Q. 4The term cadre refers to
a. a member of the Communist Party of China.
b. a person holding a position of authority in China's communist party-state.
c. a person working directly for the Communist Party of China.
d. any bureaucrat who is also a member of the Communist Party of China.
e. a member of the Communist Party of China holding a government position.
Q. 5Which of the following is NOT an example of how the Chinese Communist Party exercises control over state organizations?
a. Almost all key officials are party members.
b. The party uses a cadre list system to control personnel appointments.
c. Party organizations parallel government agencies at all levels.
d. Government agencies contain leading party groups comprised of key officials who are also party members.
e. All government officials are party members.
Q. 6The most powerful position in the Chinese party-state is
a. the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
b. the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.
c. the president of the People's Republic of China.
d. the premier of the People's Republic of China.
e. all of these, since they are always held by the same person.
Q. 7The most powerful organization in China's communist party-state is the _______, a subgroup of the Politburo.
a. Standing Commission
b. Central Committee
c. Central Commission
d. Standing Committee
e. General Secretariat
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