S9 Ep57: Merit, masters and China's imperial exam

Explores whether China’s imperial exams truly produced meritocratic officials and what institutions shaped outcomes.

Podcast episodeintermediatecivil servicehistory of governanceimperial examinationinstitutional designmeritocracystate capacity

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