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The Evolution of Voting Mechanisms
2012
Overview
A direct and competitive election for the mayor of a township called Buyun in Sichuan province was reported in the Chinese newspaperNanfang Zhoumo(Southern Weekend) on January 15, 1999.¹ The report caused a sensation across the nation as well as among the international community of China-watchers, because competitive elections for any local authority higher than the village level had not happened since the revolution of 1949.
Thousands of websites, not just popular commercial websites such as sina.com and sohu.com, but also government-owned websites such as people.com.cn and xinhuanet.com, reprinted the news. The Buyun story has been posted by thousands
