Political Trust in China [Paperback]

The authoritarian regime in China is a prime target of the US-led war on autocracy; however, the regime claims a majority of the Chinese people trust the government, with national surveys since the 1990s supporting this assertion. How much do Chinese citizens actually trust the one-party regime? Instead of dismissing survey results, Li examines the contexts in which Chinese citizens are predisposed to say they trust the government. He argues that political trust in China is a power-accommodating and nonbinding hope rather than a rights-based and binding expectation as Chinese citizens do not have the right to grant and retract trust through free and fair elections.Examining the dimensions of Chinese citizens’ trust in the current regimeLianjiang Liis Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong.List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Definition3. Measurement4. Construction5. Effect on Political Participation6. Implication for System Support7. Conclusions
Appendix 1. Survey Data
Appendix 2. Variable Descriptions
Appendix 3. A Note on Measurement
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