The political culture of contemporary China is a blend of traditional Confucian-Daoist precepts, the lingering ideology of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, and the practical rules of how to get ahead in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and how to find security in an authoritarian system. Indeed, a great deal of Chinese behavior at the elite and mass levels still conforms to many of the basic dimensions of traditional Confucian-Daoist culture, even though the participants may not be aware that they are adhering to ancien…