John G. BLAIR and Jerusha McCORMACK

Chinese officials at a seminar of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN.
Throughout its history, China has been ruled according to one (or a combination) of three different principles of governance. The same basic precepts that have applied for thousands of years are still active today.
The concept of governance includes a wide range of subjects relating to how nations