TY - BOOK AU - HEFFER Abbey S. AU - SCHUBERT Gunter TI - Policy experimentation under pressure in contemporary China PY - 2023/// KW - POLICY KW - POLICIES KW - CHINA KW - EXPERIMENTAL N2 - Many studies put forward the argument that local policy experimentation, a key feature of China's policy process in the Hu Jintao era, has been paralysed by Xi Jinping's (re)centralization of political power - otherwise known as "top-level design." This narrative suggests that local policymakers have become increasingly risk-averse owing to the anti-corruption campaign and are therefore unwilling to experiment ER -