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The economic voting literature argues that economics matters to democratic leaders. We argue that it matters to authoritarian leaders, too, and its influence is stronger there than it is in democratic countries. Using data on four Asian countries from the Asian Barometer Survey, we find substantial support for our theory.

The authors attempt to provide a historical and statistical analysis of political elites in Mainland China. They analyse the changing patterns in Standing Committee membership of the National People's congress (NPC) between 1953 and 1983. The authors find that the extent of turnover among the NPC elites had been increasing, not decreasing from 1953 to 1983. (DÜI-Sen)

Existing studies of collective actions in China pay most attention to frequent but localized protests, but such protests are less likely to deeply drive China's political and social prospect. By contrast, widespread protests are more likely to affect the Chinese Communist Party's authority and policies once they emerge. The goal of this article is thus to probe the conditions under which a widespread protest can happen in China today. This article proposes four necessary conditions grounded in the political process model and tests them by explaining the successful outbreak of the 2010 labor protest. Identifying these conditions helps us understand and predict the political and social development of China. (J Contemp China/GIGA)