As China enters its proclaimed 'New Era' under President Xi Jinping, this book examines changes and continuity in social relations and political development, investigating what is genuinely new against the backdrop of continuations of previous trends and policies.

1. Introduction 2. Political Obligation in China- A Hermeneutic Investigation into State-Society Relations in Modern China, Ruairidh Brown 3. The Impact of Education on the Formation of Identity, Nationalist Sentiment, and Traditional Values in China, Sarah Bolasevich 4. Who will serve the people? Red Collecting & China's Moral Crisis, Emily Williams 5. Urbanization, Spatial Segregation and Class Encounters in China, Ceren Ergenc and Sirma Altun 6. Social Accountability Innovations in Contemporary China, Meixi Zhuang 7. Democratic Localism: The Case of Grassroots Self-Governance in Urban China, Zhengxu Wang, Liu Jianxiong and Dragan Pavli¿evi¿ 8. Internet Governance in China: Exploration of Power Relationship, Yik-Chan Chin 9. Enlightenment or Rejuvenation? The Rise of China' s Civil Code in the New Era, Hanbing Cui 10. SASAC and the Resurgence of Central State-owned Enterprises in China, Zhiting Chen