The Rise and Fall of the EAST Audiobook Libro.fm

Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EASTexams autocracy stability and technologyfrom ancient times through the present Beginning with the Sui dynastys introduction of the civil service exam known as Keju in 587 CEand continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party CCPChinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas norms and practices But this uniformity came with a huge downside stifled creativity

Yasheng Huang shows how China transitioned from dynamism to extreme stagnation after the Keju was instituted Chinas most prosperous periods such as during the Tang dynasty 618907 and under the reformist CCP occurred when its emphasis on scale the size of bureaucracy was balanced with scope diversity of ideas

Considering Chinas remarkable success over the past halfcentury Huang sees signs of danger in the political and economic reversals under Xi Jinping The CCP has again vaulted conformity above new ideas reverting to the Keju model that eventually led to technological decline It is a lesson from Chinas own history Huang argues that Chinese leaders would be wise to take seriously