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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: locality

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Localities

The Keju's real purpose is not fairness or transparency but preventing localities from rebelling against the center.

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Ming Keju story used as general explanation of the exam system

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The Keju's real purpose is not fairness or transparency but preventing localities from rebelling against the center.

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The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...open and transparent system he wants a system in which the localities will not rebel against the center okay and that's what the Kezhu..."

Taboo Is The River

2025-08-29, day precision · Secret History #4: How Evil Triumphs

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"...this is really interesting how different religious traditions working in different localities have the same conception of the world, of the universe. And can..."

Stalin Warped History To His Will

2025-06-10, day precision · Civilization #59: The Man of Steel

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"...a spy. His mission was to promote violence and organization within localities. So the secret police can swoop in and arrest everyone. And this..."

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