Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: It has always been difficult to understand the basis of politics in th

It has always been difficult to understand the basis of politics in the People’s Republic of China. Because the system is effectively closed, it is impossible to know with any degree of confidence who is allied with whom and for what reasons. Yet Chinese politics does exhibit many of the external characteristics of factional political systems, as found in more open societies. It is legitimate to conclude, therefore, that China has a factional politicalsystem .

Which one of the following, if true, would confirm the author’s conclusion that China has a factional political system?

(A) All open politicalsystems are factional political systems. - WRONG. So, does it impacts the highlighted text. No. We don't know any relation between open and closed PS.

(B) All factional political systems are closed politicalsystems . - WRONG. Reversal case that does not help as it is not necessarily true.

(C) All closed political systems are factional political systems. - CORRECT. POE.

(D) China’s
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 18 Jan 2020, 10:04 • Replies 5 • Views 5053

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