Seeking truth & hiding facts : information, ideology, and authoritarianism in China /

"A few numbers came to define Chinese politics, until they did not count what mattered and what they counted did not measure up. Seeking Truth argues that the Chinese government adopted a system of limited, quantified vision in order to survive the disasters unleashed by Mao Zedong's ideol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallace, Jeremy L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A numbers game
  • Quantifying like a regime
  • Seeking truth
  • Aftershocks
  • Quantified governance
  • Hiding facts
  • A neopolitical turn
  • Beyond count.