Suisheng Zhao,ed., Debating Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China: Popular Protests and Regime Performances

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谈邓小平对毛泽东思想的科学态度

邓小平之所以能够开拓马克思主义的新境界 ,除了他尊重实践、尊重群众的首创精神之外 ,一个重要原因就是他能够正确对待和准确把握毛泽东思想。以江泽民同志为核心的党中央领导集体没有把邓小平理论神圣化、教条化、简单化、庸俗化 ,而是像邓小平对待毛泽东思想那样对待邓小平理论 ,坚持和发展了邓小平理论。     

Deliberative citizenship and deliberative governance: a case study of one deliberative experimental in China

Deliberative democracy requires a new type of deliberative citizenship and deliberative governance. However, there has been little examination of the connection between deliberative citizenship and deliberative governance. Moreover, despite a growing literature that has examined a diversity of concepts of Chinese citizenship, the newly emerging deliberative citizenship has not been studied. This paper attempts to fill these two gaps by studying the role of deliberative citizenship in deliberative governance practice. Drawing on an experiment this author organized in 2010, this article examines the question of whether deliberative citizenship can be harnessed to solve a particular social problem and how deliberative forums can become a new form of deliberative governance mechanism. It examines what kind of conditions help or hinder the development of deliberative citizenship and deliberative governance, and identifies the limitations of local deliberative democracy in China.     

推进自主创新与保护知识产权——以建设创新型江苏为例

建设创新型国家或创新型省份须以推进自主创新为基础,而自主创新又要以充分保护知识产权为战略支撑和激励机制,拥有一定数量和质量的自主知识产权是提高自主创新能力的最重要标志,充分保护知识产权是推进自主创新的动力与保障。     

Challenge of exception to procedural democracy: Constitutional emergency power

The problem of the exception raised by Carl Schmitt challenges procedural democracy during transitional period, in particular in today's Eastern Europe and tomorrow's China. This paper attempts to defend the coherence of proceduralism by discussing and overcoming the problem of the exception. It examines and criticizes the arguments in Schmitt's theory of the exception and formulates a basic liberal idea of the exception. It also provides a theoretical basis for revising articles concerning emergency power in the 1982 Constitution in China.     

Village Citizenship in China: A Case Study of Zhejiang

This paper aims to examine the idea and practice, as well as the implications, of village citizenship in China. It spells out the context and content of village citizenship, describes struggles for village status, and addresses the puzzling questions of why and how villagers seek to retain this status. It further examines the logic of how such struggles are leading to the establishment and improvement of village democratic institutions. The paradoxes and problems associated with village citizenship, and the significance of village citizenship for achieving meaningful citizenship are also explored.     

Book reviews

He Bochuan, China on the Edge: The Crisis of Ecology and Development, Berkeley: Pacific View Press, 1991.

Hu Ping, Zai lixiangyu xianshi zhijian (Between Ideal and Reality). Hong Kong: Tianyuan shuwu, 1990.

Hu Ping, Gei wo yige zhidian (Give me a Fulcrum). Taiwan: Lianjing chuban Gongshi, 1988.

Shi Bo, Waimenggu duli neimu (The inside story of Outer Mongolia's independence) (Beijing: Renmin Zhonguo chubanshe, 1993), 479pp, illustrations, maps.

Michael David Kwan, Broken portraits: Personal encounters with Chinese Students, San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, 1990.

Liang An Guanxi yu Zhongguo Qiantu: Xueshu Yantaohui Lunwenchi (The Taiwan‐Mainland Relationship and the Future of China: Proceedings of a Scholarly Conference), Taipei, Taiwan: Minchu Jijinhui (Democracy foundation), 1992. 390 pages.     

The Dilemmas of China’s Political Science in the Context of the Rise of China

The rise of China has changed the global balance of power, which could also have an impact on the international development of political science scholarship. Very little attention, however, has been paid to the impact of China’s rise on the development of political science within China. This article examines how the rise of China has posed serious challenges to political studies in China. It addresses critical issues concerning the contemporary features and strategic direction of the discipline. It first analyzes three different meanings of what constitutes China’s political studies and discusses three different intellectual production models. It then highlights the dilemmas that political science faces in China, and exposes problems of and obstacles to its development, such as an unwarranted sense of pride, the bureaucratization of the scholarly community, and, critically, the absence of democracy and academic freedom. The paper examines and engages several ongoing debates on China’s political studies. In responding to the debate over whether it is desirable for Chinese political studies to move towards scientification, this paper presents four arguments for a balance between science and the humanities and outlines four strategies for achieving this balance. It also examines the debate on the localization of Chinese political studies and the doctrine of China’s uniqueness; and points out that the rise of China requires Chinese political studies to be cosmopolitan, global and universal, but the current regime is interested in reproducing the discourse of China’s uniqueness to maintain its political legitimacy.