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December 20, 2025, 02:21 PM - 9 min read
Despite deep ideological rivalry at the leadership level, career bureaucrats in China and the United States operate under similar incentives and constraints. Focused on career advancement, blame avoidance, and managing political expectations, officials in both systems often respond to complex policy challenges in strikingly similar ways—showing that the real machinery of governance is shaped more by institutional routines than ideology.
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