APCOPO China Exam Review

Which of the following is the best description of women's participation in the Chinese legislature?

• Woman are very poorly represented in the Chinese legislature.
• Women are fairly represented in the Chinese legislature.
• Chinese woman are better represented in the legislature that woman in Iran, Nigeria, and Russia.
• Woman are better represented in the Chinese legislature that women in Mexico.

All of the following were basic values of Maoism EXCEPT:

• collectivism 
• struggle and activism 
• mass line
• Socialist market economy 

Which of the following is the best explanation for the level of women's participation in the Chinese legislature,as noted in question 1? 

• China has a parity law that requires that political parties run female candidates.
• The statistics reflects the emphasis of communist ideology on equality. 
• Women in China are expected to play traditional roles in the family.
• Women in China have small families so they have time to participate in politics.

The Standing Committee  of the CCP is chosen directly from the 

• National Party Congress
• Central Committee
• Parliament 
• Politburo

Special areas where foreign investors are given preferential tax rates and other incentives are called 

• autonomous regions 
• town-village enterprises 
• Entrepreneurial Experiments  
• Special Economic Zones

Which of the following is a common characteristic of the current Chinese and Russian political systems?

• Both have bicameral legislatures
• Both are federalist systems
• Central power in both rests in the politburo 
• Both have presidents 

Chinese leaders communicate with one another through a patron-client network called

• fang-shou
• danwei
• nomenklatura 
• guanxi 

The three parallel hierarchies that make up the political structure of the People's Republic of China are dominated by the

• Chinese Communist Party
• People's Liberation Army
• People's National Congress
• Ministry of State Security 

Compared to civil society in Russia, civil society in China today is

• more developed
• less developed
• freer for religious groups only
• about the same' both are slowly developing 

Which of the following accurately compares the role of the military in policymaking in China with the role of the military in Russia?

• In both countries the military is too weak to take an active role in policymaking 
• In both countries the military is strong, but in neither does it take an active role in policymaking  
• The military takes an active role in policymaking in Russia but not in China
• The military takes an active role in policymaking in China but not in Russia.