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A geographically distributed selection mechanism Jiang says prevents one region's elite from dominating the center.
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quota system
A geographically distributed selection mechanism Jiang says prevents one region's elite from dominating the center.
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The Keju was never designed to choose the best and brightest; it was designed to localize and divide elites through a quota system.
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"...the Keju that's important for us is that there is a quota system in place. Okay? So if it was just a meritocracy, then..."
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"Right? Beijing and Shanghai. Right? But that's not how the system works. There is a quota system in place. There's geographic distribution. Only certain..."
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"...make sense, guys? All right? So it's not meritocracy. It's a quota system. That's the first thing. Second thing you need to understand is..."
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