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Elections in China
Elections in the People's Republic of China occur under a one-party authoritarian political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). By law, all elections at all levels must adhere to the leadership of the CCP. Since the 1949 proclamation of the People's Republic of China, elections have been highly constrained by the CCP's monopoly on power, limitations on free speech, and party control over nominations. Elections are not pluralistic as no opposition is allowed. Limited direct elections, except in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, have occurred only at the local level people's congresses and village committees, with all candidate nominations preapproved by the CCP. Rory Truex, a researcher of Chinese politics at Princeton University, states that "the CCP tightly controls the nomination and election processes at every level in the people's congress system...the tiered, indirect electoral mechanism in the People's Congress system ensures that deputies...
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