AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT CHINA
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Media in China.
Answer: Mostly state-controlled, censored, and monitored; there is no fully
independent media.
◍ President (China).
Answer: The head of state. The office is mostly ceremonial unless the
president is also CCP General Secretary, which gives real power.
◍ Why have ethnic cleavages been limited?.
Answer: Minorities make up a relatively small share of the population and
are geographically concentrated in border regions.
◍ Economic Liberalization without Political Liberalization.
Answer: China has opened its economy but has not allowed major political
freedoms like free media, real opposition parties, or broad civil liberties.
◍ Cadres/Cadre List.
Answer: A person that exercises a position of authority in a communist
party-state; cadres may or may not be Communist Party members
◍ Han Chinese.
Answer: The dominant ethnic group in China, making up about 90%+ of the
population.
◍ Fang-Shou.
Answer: A pattern in Chinese politics of loosening and tightening control:
economic opening is followed by political restriction when the CCP feels
threatened.
, ◍ Urban-Rural Cleavage.
Answer: The gap between cities and countryside in wealth, services,
education, technology, and opportunities.
◍ Legitimacy.
Answer: The belief that a government has the right to rule. In China, comes
mainly from economic success, the Constitution, and CCP control.
◍ One-Child Policy.
Answer: A population-control policy introduced in 1979 that limited many
families, especially urban ones, to one child.
◍ Xinjiang.
Answer: A western autonomous region with many Uyghur Muslims and
major ethnic/religious tensions with the state.
◍ Main goal of the Cultural Revolution.
Answer: To restore Mao's authority and remove people he believed were not
sufficiently revolutionary.
◍ Censorship.
Answer: Government control over information, speech, media, and the
internet.
◍ Civil Law System.
Answer: A legal system based more on written legal codes than on judicial
precedent.
◍ Government response in Xinjiang.
Answer: Surveillance, harsh policing, re-education camps, internet
restrictions, religious controls, and repression in the name of fighting
separatism, extremism, and terrorism.
◍ Three-Child Policy.
Answer: China's current policy allowing families to have up to three
children because of demographic decline and aging.
◍ General Secretary.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Media in China.
Answer: Mostly state-controlled, censored, and monitored; there is no fully
independent media.
◍ President (China).
Answer: The head of state. The office is mostly ceremonial unless the
president is also CCP General Secretary, which gives real power.
◍ Why have ethnic cleavages been limited?.
Answer: Minorities make up a relatively small share of the population and
are geographically concentrated in border regions.
◍ Economic Liberalization without Political Liberalization.
Answer: China has opened its economy but has not allowed major political
freedoms like free media, real opposition parties, or broad civil liberties.
◍ Cadres/Cadre List.
Answer: A person that exercises a position of authority in a communist
party-state; cadres may or may not be Communist Party members
◍ Han Chinese.
Answer: The dominant ethnic group in China, making up about 90%+ of the
population.
◍ Fang-Shou.
Answer: A pattern in Chinese politics of loosening and tightening control:
economic opening is followed by political restriction when the CCP feels
threatened.
, ◍ Urban-Rural Cleavage.
Answer: The gap between cities and countryside in wealth, services,
education, technology, and opportunities.
◍ Legitimacy.
Answer: The belief that a government has the right to rule. In China, comes
mainly from economic success, the Constitution, and CCP control.
◍ One-Child Policy.
Answer: A population-control policy introduced in 1979 that limited many
families, especially urban ones, to one child.
◍ Xinjiang.
Answer: A western autonomous region with many Uyghur Muslims and
major ethnic/religious tensions with the state.
◍ Main goal of the Cultural Revolution.
Answer: To restore Mao's authority and remove people he believed were not
sufficiently revolutionary.
◍ Censorship.
Answer: Government control over information, speech, media, and the
internet.
◍ Civil Law System.
Answer: A legal system based more on written legal codes than on judicial
precedent.
◍ Government response in Xinjiang.
Answer: Surveillance, harsh policing, re-education camps, internet
restrictions, religious controls, and repression in the name of fighting
separatism, extremism, and terrorism.
◍ Three-Child Policy.
Answer: China's current policy allowing families to have up to three
children because of demographic decline and aging.
◍ General Secretary.
