It also debunks the idea that because of the absence of a multiparty system,
the Chinese system is so fundamentally different from what is common in
Germany, France, the UK or the USA, that a totally different conceptual framework is
required to describe it. In fact, most, if not all, the theoretical notions developed around
policy networks proved fruitful when applied to the fragmentation, interdependencies,
stalemates and breakthroughs in decision-making processes in China.