Which of the following statements about subnational government in China is NOT true?
a. China is a unitary state.
b. Subnational executives are more accountable to party authorities than to subnational legislatures.
c. Because of economic decentralization, the central government cannot easily intervene directly in local affairs.
d. China's rural villages are technically self-governing and are not formally responsible to any higher level of state authority.
e. Although subnational legislatures (people's congresses) meet infrequently, they have become increasingly active.
c
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A. states can never acquire enough weapons to feel secure. B. acquiring more weapons makes a state less secure. C. there is no such thing as security in an anarchic world. D. weapons without second-strike capability are useless. E. security comes at too high of a price.
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a. A majoritarian voting scheme b. A run-off election c. First-past-the-post d. Proportional representation
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A. federally funded medical benefit programs for the needy and uninsured B. federal health care program for people over the age of 65 C. federally funded medical benefit programs for the disabled D. federally funded medical benefit programs for low-income families E. federal health care program for children under the age of 18