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Re:Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver ... by throwaway2037 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:47AM (#30175963)
What other countries inherited the Chinese civil service system?

Does Taiwan count? I would hardly say it has diminished or fallen apart. Of course, that is only my humble opinion.

Re:Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver ... by samatman on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:22AM (#30178804)
Taiwan is an interesting case!

It's known that the ruling power in Taiwan is descended from the Nationalist government, it's perhaps less well-known that Sun Yat-Sen was a serious political thinker who designed that government, effectively singlehandedly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Principles_of_the_People

There's a visible mix of Western (by way of America and Britain) and Chinese thought in how the Yuans are structured.

Taiwan also inherited a large and functional civil service from the Japanese occupation, this is less immediately obvious in the structure of Taiwanese government, but you can find small traces everywhere if you know what to look for.

Re:Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver ... by baybal2 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:11AM (#30176083)
UK civil service was actually modelled after Chinese one after missionaries brought news of how powerful, and well oiled Chinese bureaucratic machine was in comparison to contemporary British one.