https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge Provide justification and evidence for why China hasn't democratised. You can pick 'Geography & Technology', 'Kinship', or present a NEW LINE OF ARGUMENT. Also, DESTROY THE OPPOSITION. Highlight the limitations of their arguments. en-us 2020-06-18 17:18:30 UTC 2023-03-24 03:16:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f914.png acealicevans https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge/wish/633219803 Strong patrilineal kinship has strengthened cooperation within the extended family. 

And Chinese bureaucrats used these networks to attract inward investment (Ang, 2016; Qian, 2016). 

But inter-family trust and social cooperation is lower than in Europe. 

This has curbed organising for democratic accountability.]]> 2020-06-19 07:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge/wish/633219803 acealicevans https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge/wish/633219833 Chinese rulers did not solicit council governance because they could already predict yields – due to geography, as well as advanced agricultural and bureaucratic technologies.]]> 2020-06-19 07:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge/wish/633219833 acealicevans https://padlet.com/acealicevans/nhgoealui5ocwdge/wish/633253446 Economic growth usually fosters democratisation. 

Elsewhere in the world, economic growth has strengthened the middle class and organised labour, who then organise for democratisation.

We can expect this to happen in China.


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