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Erik Wang
@EHWpolisci
Assistant Professor @NYUpolitics; PhD @PUPolitics; Prev. Asst Prof @ANUBellSchool; Prev. Researcher @IASToulouse Inte...
Jul 17 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Thanks to @BlogBroadstreet for publishing my essay on the @CUP_PoliSci book I wrote with Clair Yang! The book title is: "The Political Economy of China's Imperial Examination System"

How China Sleepwalked into Meritocratic Absolutism

Essay 🧵belowbroadstreet.blog/p/how-china-sl… @BlogBroadstreet @CUP_PoliSci Core claim: China's Imperial Examination System (hereafter "Keju") increased ruler power and social mobility, but grew gradually from ad hoc reforms whose consequences no one anticipated.