China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic discontent. This essay collection balances policy analysis with detailed investigation of escalating popular unrest to anticipate the future of Chinese governance & society.

This essay collection balances policy analysis with detailed investigation of escalating popular unrest to anticipate the future of Chinese governance & society

Appeal and Discontent: The Yin and Yang of China's Rise to Power; J.Tse-Hei Lee & L.V.Nedilsky Appropriating Confucianism: Soft Power, Primordial Sentiment, and Authoritarianism; K.C.K.Cheung Harmony and Critique: Chinese Modernity, Harmonious Society, and Contemporary Chinese Feminist Perspectives; S.R.Wesoky Promoting a Harmonious Society through CCTV's Music-Entertainment Television Programming; L.Gorfinkel Harmonious Online Society: The China Model in the Information Age; S.Y.Liu The Harmonious Language of Young Hans in Urumqi, Xinjiang; E.Caprioni Invoking the Ghosts of Blagoveshchensk: Massacre, Memory, and the Post-Mao Search for Historical Identity; M.Fromm Chinese Nationalism in Harmony with European Imperialism: Historical Representation at the Macau Museum; K.Y.Law Health Care in a Harmonious Society: Crises and Challenges in Post-1978 China; K.Yip Controlling Lives and Bodies: Water and Food Security in Hong Kong; S.K.Cheung