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The 'Shequ Construction' Programme and the Chinese Communist Party
In recent years, the community development programme called 'Shequ
Construction' has been making rapid progress in China. The discussion
surrounding the programme focuses on how to adjust the relationship between
the street offices (which fall under the jurisdiction of the government) and the
shequ residents' committees (defined as the people's self-governing entity).
The programme has also led the debate over the position and role of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the newly reconstructed shequ. While the
party's Organization Department proposes the unification of the shequ party
branches and shequ residents' committees, others maintain that the shequ party
branch should be differentiated from the shequ residents' committee, which is
still viewed as an agent of government. They say 'the greatest advantage of the
CCP is that it is the embodiment of social power and it is not a non-socialist
external force like the administrative organ'. Their proposal raises further
questions: How should the party change its direction and guidance within the
framework of the separation of government and society? Will this affect the
party's ability to continue to provide society with effective 'guidance' and
become representative of society? This paper will provide some clues to help
answer these questions
From the “1972 System” to “Strategic Mutual Benefits” : Japan’s Foreign Policy toward China
Originally published as “‘1972 Shistemu’ kara ‘Senryakugokei’ e: TaichuGaiko,” in Ryosei Kokubun, ed., Nihon no Gaiko Dai 4 Kan [Japan’s diplomacy vol. 4] (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2013), 111-142