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Ho Miu Lam Chair Professor at GPS of UCSD. Expert of Chinese elite politics, economy, and finance. RT does not mean endorsement.
Seattle, WA gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-direct… Joined August 2009
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How do dictators maintain power for life? I explain in a new book that they can stay in power by forming "Coalitions of the Weak" composed of tainted or inexperienced officials. Not a loyalty-competence tradeoff but one of institutions vs patrimonialism cambridge.org/core/books/coa…
www.cambridge.org Coalitions of the Weak Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Coalitions of the Weak
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This is a crime and undoing it should be the first priority of the new Congress. I know this is used to distract the new Congress but Dems have no choice but to prioritize it
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The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to kick millions of people from SNAP — commonly known as food stamps — and other government assistance programs for vulnerable families, according to a new proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. abcnews.link/hM3prG4
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Very important find! And as I suspect many cities in western and central China rely heavily on public employment and pension
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How many people are on China’s public payroll? 🧵

For decades, the size of China’s public payroll was hidden from the public. But a Fudan University research team reverse-engineered the numbers through a statistical reconstruction using indirect data points.
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