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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;Comparative Politics
 /International Relations presentsJeremy WallaceAssociate ProfessorCornell 
 UniversitySeeking Truth and\nHiding Facts: Information\, Ideology\, and Au
 thoritarianism in ChinaJeremy Wallace will\npresent work from his nearly c
 ompleted book project\, Seeking Truth and Hiding\nFacts. How did a revolut
 ionary Communist party come to justify itself through\nstatistics\, and wh
 y under Xi Jinping is it shifting away from doing so? The\ndisastrous Cult
 ural Revolution made pragmatic politicians and ideas attractive\nto a popu
 lation tired of turmoil amid persistent poverty. Relaxing communist\northo
 doxy and decentralizing governance unleashed individual initiative.\nKeepi
 ng watch on just a few metrics of critical importance greased the wheels\n
 of performance. The system of limited quantified vision gave incentives fo
 r\nlocal growth and improved livelihoods while allowing local officials to
  profit.\nNumbers came to define Chinese politics\, until they did not cou
 nt what mattered\nand what they counted did not measure up. Click here to 
 registerFor more information or to request accessibility arrangements\, pl
 ease contact Dan McDowell at&nbsp\;dmcdowel@maxwell.syr.edu.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information\, Ideology\, and Author
 itarianism in China
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>Comparative Politics/International Relations presents</p><p><br><st
 rong>Jeremy Wallace</strong></p><p>Associate Professor</p><p>Cornell Unive
 rsity</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Seeking Truth and\nHiding Facts: Informatio
 n\, Ideology\, and Authoritarianism in China</strong></p><p>Jeremy Wallace
  will\npresent work from his nearly completed book project\, Seeking Truth
  and Hiding\nFacts. How did a revolutionary Communist party come to justif
 y itself through\nstatistics\, and why under Xi Jinping is it shifting awa
 y from doing so? The\ndisastrous Cultural Revolution made pragmatic politi
 cians and ideas attractive\nto a population tired of turmoil amid persiste
 nt poverty. Relaxing communist\northodoxy and decentralizing governance un
 leashed individual initiative.\nKeeping watch on just a few metrics of cri
 tical importance greased the wheels\nof performance. The system of limited
  quantified vision gave incentives for\nlocal growth and improved liveliho
 ods while allowing local officials to profit.\nNumbers came to define Chin
 ese politics\, until they did not count what mattered\nand what they count
 ed did not measure up.</p><p><br></p><p> <a href="https://syracuseuniversi
 ty.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpc-CqrjIuHdbplyNZhKQwZJxBoH4DfdUt " title="
 Click here to register">Click here to register</a></p><p><br>For more info
 rmation or to request accessibility arrangements\, please contact Dan McDo
 well at&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:dmcdowel@maxwell.syr.edu">dmcdowel@maxwell.s
 yr.edu</a>.&nbsp\;</p>
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