FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONMAKING:
FROM VERTICAL TO HORIZONTAL AUTHORITARIANISM*
· debates among power centers at the top levels;
· representation of bureaucratic interests;
· broadening of the policy agenda;
· growing involvement of local interests in central government;
· increasing participation of intellectuals and think tanks;
· influence of political and economic conditions;
· increased sensitivity to the power and opinions of the Chinese people.
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Source: Quansheng Zhao, Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy, p. 82.