Introduction : assessing China's political development / Cheng Li
China's political trajectory : what are the Chinese saying? / Andrew J. Nathan
Ideological change and incremental democracy in reform-era China / Yu Keping
Institutionalization and the changing dynamics of Chinese leadership politics / Alice L. Miller
Institutionalization of political succession in China : progress and implications / Jing Huang
Will China's "lost generation" find a path to democracy? / Cheng Li
Business interest groups in Chinese politics : the case of the oil companies / Erica S. Downs
China's left tilt : pendulum swing or midcourse correction? / Barry Naughton
Political implications of China's information revolution : the media, the minders, and their message / Richard Baum
Legalization without democratization in China under Hu Jintao / Jacques deLisle
Staying in power : what does the Chinese Communist Party have to do? / Joseph Fewsmith
Fighting corruption: a difficult challenge for Chinese leaders / Minxin Pei
The political implications of China's social future : Complacency, scorn, and the forlorn / Dorothy J. Solinger
Straining against the yoke? civil-military relations in China after the Seventeenth Party Congress / James Mulvenon
Learning from abroad to reinvent itself : external influences on internal CCP reforms / David Shambaugh
Taiwan and China's democratic future : can the tail wag the dog? / Yun-han Chu.