Editors and Contributors

Introduction: Reform, Legitimacy, and Dilemmas

Wang Gungwu

Zheng Yongnian

Part One: Party, State and Society

The Politics of Power Succession

Zheng Yongnian

The Chinese Communist Party in the Countryside

Ignatius Wobowo

State Corporatism and Civil Society

Edward X. Gu

The Religio-Political Significance of Falun Gong and Jiang Zemin's Legacy of Social Stability

William T. Liu

The Rule by Law vs the Rule of Law

Zheng Yongnian

Part Two: Social Reform and Challenges

Labor Law for Foreign Investment Enterprises in China

Lo Vai lo

The Political Economy of Public Housing Reform

Edward X. Gu

Conflicts between Societal Desire and Individual Responsibility: Financing Issues in China's Urban Health Insurance Reform

Wei Yu

China's Growing Concerns over Its Environmental Problems

Tong Yanqi

Part Three: Domestic Responses to External Relations

The Politics of Human Rights: Stability First, Development Second, and Everything Else Can Wait

Lance L. P. Gore

China's Dialogue with the West on Human Rights: Is There Any Common Ground?

LO Vai Io

Nationalism and Its Dilemma: Chinese Responses to Embassy Bombing

John Wong

Zheng Yongnian

China's Strategic Intentions and Demands: What is New?

Fei-Ling Wang

Index