Indeed you often see people petitioning the central government to intervene against the provincial governments (which are very powerful and ideologically diverse, representing the 5 broad fractions (not factions) of the CPC (capitalist reformist, Left-nationalist, neo-confucian nationalist, Party-centre, and Neo Maoist))
Conversely, local and provincial governments are often sharply critical of central government policy and say so. The Shanghai left-wing papers (of which Sixth Tone is an English offshoot) are often shockingly so.
I get it mostly from actual party members. That said my understanding is second hand, the actual groups in the party split along several axis and my Mandarin is aggressively middling. So take what I say with several grains of salt. Also keep in mind party members are quite rightly restricted in what they can say and I am reading between the lines.
Indeed you often see people petitioning the central government to intervene against the provincial governments (which are very powerful and ideologically diverse, representing the 5 broad fractions (not factions) of the CPC (capitalist reformist, Left-nationalist, neo-confucian nationalist, Party-centre, and Neo Maoist))
Conversely, local and provincial governments are often sharply critical of central government policy and say so. The Shanghai left-wing papers (of which Sixth Tone is an English offshoot) are often shockingly so.
I didn't know about the fractions in the Party, where can I read more about it?
I get it mostly from actual party members. That said my understanding is second hand, the actual groups in the party split along several axis and my Mandarin is aggressively middling. So take what I say with several grains of salt. Also keep in mind party members are quite rightly restricted in what they can say and I am reading between the lines.