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“…Besides, maintaining border security and stability is undoubtedly the top priority, in need not only of enforcement but also of gentle moves involving "persuasion" and "education". "Persuasion", a tactic developed by the CCP to win over ethnic elites in the 1950s (Mortensen 2019), reveals itself as a persistent political strategy to solve potential mass events in the twenty-first century, while "education" reflects a civilising project combining modern science and citizen-moulding through state law. Overall, the local government takes part in "the mass work" (qunzhong gongzuo, 群众工作) by which the CCP goes deeply into the living spaces of the common people and consults with them (Shen 2012), a strategy that benefits the CCP's efforts at stable governance as well as assuring the people's general well-being.…”