Contrary to the view that democratic aspiration has been utterly marginalised in China since
the 1990s, the discourse of democracy continues to flourish via the Internet and other means …

In late 2005, a Chinese lawyer named Gao Zhisheng decided to address a particularly
“sensitive” political issue in a particularly provocative way. He published an online call …

Democracy and the Rule of Law in China is intended to make available to English-language
readers debates among prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics over issues of …

Why has China not embraced democracy? This essay provides a three-part explanation.(1)
By discussing the conceptual and functional differences between democracy and rule of law …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 EAST ASIA HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY, CULTURE Edited by
Edward Beauchamp University of Hawaii ARoutledge SERIES Page 3 ENGINEERING THE …

The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of
Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights …

A neglected aspect in the study of post-Mao Chinese legal and constitutional reform is the
importance and potential of social intermediaries, the legal professions in particular, in …

Authored by Professor Yu Keping, a famous Chinese political scholar, this book focuses on
the core issues of democracy and the rule of law in China. It provides the readers with …

The intensified and more public repression of civil society in China is part of a global shift
toward deepened and technologically smarter dictatorship. This article uses the example of …

This paper assesses Pan Wei's proposal for a'consultative rule of law system'for China,
finding it a potentially important step along the path of political reform. China urgently needs …