From"Dual Track Politics"to"Union Politics":Minimalism in China's State Governance
The challenge of mega-state governance has always been a central issue in China's state management.In imperial China,under a"dual-track politics"structure,the state adopted a divide-and-conquer approach to achieve simplified governance.Locally,elites acted as state intermediaries,employing semi-formal administrative methods to streamline rural governance.Simultaneously,the separation of officials from local personnel and the subcontracting of administrative tasks simplified bureaucratic governance.In modern China,governance is streamlined through an integrated"unification politics"structure.This relies on the distinctive party-government bureaucratic system to achieve centralized and efficient governance,leveraging a compound governance structure,flexible strategies,and personalized relationships.Although these two minimalist governance models differ,the core minimalist values of centralized authority,semi-formal governance,and intensive governance techniques persist in modern China's state management,underpinning the logic of governance modernization with Chinese characteristics.
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