POSC 215Part V
Kesselman, pgs. 661-666, C:CP26-15
GOVERNANCE & POLICYMAKING
True or False Questions
1. The PRC’s Constitution rejects any notion that the Chinese people will enjoy democratic rights and privileges; rather, it clearly stipulates that the Communist party will adhere to a strict dictatorship to assure the stability of the state. True or False
2. The Chinese Communist constitution gives the CCP authority to exercise dictatorship over any person or organization that, it believes, opposes socialism and the party.True or False
3. The government of the PRC acts as the administrative agency for enacting, implementing, and enforcing policies made by the party.True or False
4. The role of the National Party Congress is more symbolic than substantive, approving decisions already made by the top leaders and providing a showcase for the party’s current policies.True or False
5. The Politburo and Standing Committee are accountable only to the Central Committee and no one else.True or False
6. During the period that Mao and Deng ruled China, power was highly concentrated within the CCP. They were the first among equals exhibiting personal authority or charisma that no leaders of China exhibit today. True or False
7. The route to the very top of the hierarchy of the Chinese Communist Party is still unpredictable, with the possibility of an in-house coup, arrest, and imprisonment in play. True or False
8. Today China’s top leaders tend to be very well educated having either undergraduate or advanced degrees. True or False
9. State authority in China is formally vested in a system of people’s congresses that begins at the top with the National People’s Congress (NPC), which is the same organization as the National Party Congress.True or False
10. The PRC’s president’s term is concurrent with that of the National People’s Congress (five years) andthere is a two-term limit.True or False
11. As China’s head of state, the president meets and negotiates with other world leaders. But the office of president is largely ceremonial and has little executive power. True or False
12. The CCP uses a web-like system of organizational controls to make sure that the government bureaucracy complies with the party’s will in policy implementation.True or False
13. The CCP also influences the policy process by means of the “cadre list,” or the nomenklatura as it was known in the former Soviet Union where it was first created. True or False
Multiple Choice Questions
1.In the early 1980s, about two dozen countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, were ruled by communist parties which represented about what amount of the world’s population? a) about ten percent, b) less than a quarter, c) more than one-third, d) about half.
2. Which of the following countries is not a state modeled on the old Soviet system, based on Marxist-Leninist ideology? a) Vietnam, b) Cambodia, c) Laos, d) North Korea.
3 Although China has moved sharply toward a market economy in recent decades, the CCP still asserts that it is building socialism with the ultimate objective of creating: a) an efficient, democratic society with a free press, competing political parties, and limited government, b) a hybrid political and economic system similar to Western Europe, c) an egalitarian and classless communist society, d) free, democratic zones that allow for the same rights and privileges provided in Western democracies, while retaining features of an authoritarian society outside of those areas.
4. The symbolically important body that meets every five years for about one week, having some 2,200 delegates that are representatives of the Chinese Communist Party: a) Central Party Congress, b) National Party Congress, c) State Politburo Legislature, d) National Standing Congress.
5. The CCP Central Committee with about 376 full and alternate members that meet: a) bi-annually for about one month, b) regularly to monitor and direct the activities of the CCP, c) annually for about one week and are elected for a five year term, d) every three months and are directly appointed by the highest organ of the CCP with no limit on each member’s tenure.
6. Plenums refer to: a) short and infrequent meetings, b) training for the upwardly rising members of the CCP, c) policy pronouncements and clarification on the direction of the CCP, d) the level of punishment doled out to CCP members.
7. After a plenum by the CCP’s elite members in 2013, it was announced that: a) the one child policy would be more aggressively enforced, b) that abortions for the purposes of having a male child would no longer be allowed, c) the families in the countryside would be allowed to have as many children as they wanted, d) more couples would be allowed to have a second child.
8. How many members comprise the CCP Politburo? a) 15, b) 25, c) 37, d) 48.
9. How many members comprise the Standing Committee, the formal apex of power in the CCP? a) 7, b) 13, c) 17, d) 21.
10. The following presides over both the Politburo and the Standing Committee in the CCP hierarchy: a) party general, b) chairman, c) president, d) general secretary.
11. Zhongnanhai is a) a town where many of China’s nationalist leaders are buried, b) a huge walled compound where many of the CCP’s top leaders live and work, c) a venerated ancient site, known for its artifacts, d) where a group of Chinese Communist leaders staged a coup against the “Gang of Four.”
12. The following is in charge of investigating corruption within the party and other violations of party rules: a) Central Committee for Honest Government, b) Secretariat for Human Relations, c) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, d) Party Committee to Stamp Out Abuse.
13. What is the number of years/terms and age that a Communist party leader can serve in China? a) one 5 year term with no age limit, b) two five year terms with no age limit, c) two five year terms with an age limit of 60 years, d) two five year terms with an age limit of 68 years,
14. Who actually selects the president and vice-president of China? a) The National People’s Congress, b) The National Party Congress, c) A national referendum, d) The Communist Party hierarchy. P.664, OK, F15, 7th Ed
15. He is currently serving as both China’s General Secretary and President: a) Jiang Zemin, b) Hu Jintao, c) Xi Jinping, d) Lin Piao.
16. In the PRC, the following has the authority over the government bureaucracy and policy implementation in the People’s Republic of China: a) party chairman, b) premier, c) majority leader, d) vice president.
17. The highest organization in the state administration, directed by the premier in the PRC that functions like a cabinet: a) State Council, b) Legislative Cabinet, c) Organizational Deputy, d) Hierarchical Bureaucracy.
18. Cadres are: a) taxi drivers in the major cities of China, b) groups who are allowed to establish private businesses in key areas of China, c) military personnel that are independent of the People’s Liberation Army, d) people in positions of authority paid by the government or party.
19. Nomenklatura refers to: a) a system of personnel selection under which the Communist Party maintains control over the appointment of important officials in all spheres of social, economic, and political life, b) rewards (spoils) that are doled out to loyal party personnel that identify problems in the system, c) the name given to counter-revolutionaries that have been ostracized for abusing their authority, d) CCP favorites are allowed beautiful homes in the countryside kept secret from the public.
Fill-in Questions
1. The preamble of the PRC’s constitution states that:
a) the country is under the leadership of the ______Party of China.
b) Article 1 defines the PRC as a ______state under the people's ______.
c) It declares that ______of the socialist system by any organization or individual is prohibited.
d) Such provisions imply that the Chinese people…enjoy ______rights and privileges under CCP guidance. Revised, F15, 7th Ed, p.661
2. The most powerful political organizations in China’s communist party-state are two small executive bodies at the very top of the CCP’s structure:
a) the ______(or Political Bureau)
b) and its even more exclusive ______.
c) These bodies are formally elected by the ______from among its own members under carefully ______conditions with ______among candidates.
3. Some important facts about the president of the PRC:
a) The president’s term is concurrent with that of the National People’s Congress (five years). There is a ____-_____ limit.
b) As China’s head of ______, the president of the PRC meets and negotiates with other ______leaders.
c) He has always been a _____-______CCP leader.
d)Since the early 1990s, the ______of the Communist Party has served concurrently as the country’s president.
e) The recent pattern is for the Communist Party to use the position of vice president to groom the country’s next ______.
Answers
True or False Questions
1. False
3. True
5. False
7. False
9. False
11. True
13. True
Multiple Choice Questions
1. c
3. c
5. c
7. d
9. a
11. b
13. d
15. c
17. a
19. a
Fill-in Questions
1. a) Communist, b) socialist, democratic dictatorship, c) disruption, d) democratic
3. a) two-term, b) state, world c) high-ranking, d) general secretary, e) top leader
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