Government and Public Administration

Behind the political stagnation on the surface, signs abound that a fundamental political transformation is taking place in China. In the fall of 2011, an unusually large group of independent citizens launched very vocal campaigns to compete for seats in various local congresses. Around the same time, groups of “netizens” went to a small village in Shandong province to try to visit Chen Guangcheng, a human right activist under house arrest, despite repeated reports about visitors being beaten.

This article challenges the conventional view of China's human-rights policy by carefully tracing the development of human rights discourse in China since 1978. While agreeing that external pressure does play an important role in shaping China's human-rights discourse and policy, the article finds that the changes in Chinese discourse cannot adequately be explained by external factors such as Western criticisms, particularly since 1989.

This article seeks to explain both China's motivations in, and South Korea's response to, the Koguryo controversy. It argues that it is necessary to take into account the role of national identity and domestic politics in explaining the controversy. China's claim is neither defensive nor offensive toward the two Koreas; rather, it is a logical consequence of a particular historiography in China that was developed in the twentieth century. Given the centrality of national identity construction in both countries, the conflict over Koguryo will be difficult to resolve in the future. To prevent future conflicts from reoccurring, both sides need to adopt a new perspective on history to move toward a shared history and cultural community.

How do Chinese scholars and students residing in the United States view the United States? This study tries to answer this question using a unique dataset from the United States. It also seeks to identify the determinants of Chinese migrants' attitudes towards the United States, especially with regard to overseas socialization. On the whole, the results indicate that Chinese scholars and students in the United States have a mostly favourable attitude towards America and remain positive towards China. Their values, overseas experience, and other factors have important influences on their feelings towards the United States. We find that most respondents have a positive attitude towards the United States, as regards both its general national image and diverse images, including political institutions, the economy, and the environment. We also find that this group of Chinese respondents maintains a strong attachment to China and has a conservative attitude towards China's future growth. Our results suggest that values such as nationalism and ethnocentrism have significant influence on individuals' feelings towards the United States.

Does the experience of living in the United States lead Chinese people to believe that China should pursue democracy? Our study produced mixed results, as we found that overseas study resulted in significant attitude changes by various means. Education in social sciences and consumption of foreign media were both associated with supportive attitudes toward democracy, and also led respondents to believe that Western liberal democracy is a good thing and to push for it. Conversely, living overseas had a negative effect on respondents’ support for Chinese democratization, as the longer they had lived in the United States, the better they understood Western democracy and were suspicious about whether China should pursue immediate democratization. Meanwhile, we also find Chinese media has a negative impact on public support for democracy, both instrumental and intrinsic. Finally, factors associated with attitudes toward democracy, such as traditional values, self-expression values, and perceived performance of the Chinese government, were also significant.

Political Order and Political Decay followed the book named "The Origins of Political Order". These two books explain the change of the political order through almost looking back the whole history of human beings from prehuman times to the modern times. The Political Order and Political Decay starts from the industrial revolution. The following report tries to sum up the key opinions from the whole book, then to pick up some critical points worthy to rethink, lastly, I will conclude the report with the future situation in China and some suggestions .

Political Order". These two books explain the change of the political order through almost looking back the whole history of human beings from prehuman times to the modern times. The Political Order and Political Decay starts from the industrial revolution. The following report tries to sum up the key opinions from the whole book, then to pick up some critical points worthy to rethink, lastly, I will conclude the report with the future situation in China and some suggestions .

Political Order". These two books explain the change of the political order through almost looking back the whole history of human beings from prehuman times to the modern times. The Political Order and Political Decay starts from the industrial revolution. The following report tries to sum up the key opinions from the whole book, then to pick up some critical points worthy to rethink, lastly, I will conclude the report with the future situation in China and some suggestions .

Political Order". These two books explain the change of the political order through almost looking back the whole history of human beings from prehuman times to the modern times. The Political Order and Political Decay starts from the industrial revolution. The following report tries to sum up the key opinions from the whole book, then to pick up some critical points worthy to rethink, lastly, I will conclude the report with the future situation in China and some suggestions .