Number 115   October 2009

The Twenty-First Century Review
On the Sixtieth Anniversary of New China
4 A Review of China's Path towards the Rule of Law Albert H. Y. Chen
14 The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution: Sealing the Trauma — An Economist's Reflections on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC Kueh Yak-yeow
(Y. Y. Kueh)
23 Six Decades of CCP Rule in China — From Collectivism to Individualism Wong Yiu-chung
33 "Being Co-Prosperous" or on the Margins of Prosperous World? — The Situation of the Ethnic Minorities in China Law Kam-yee,
Sheh Wai-ting

China and the World: The Past Century
 
46 The Death of the Guild of Chengdu Teahouses Wang Di  
55 The Purge Movement in Literary Circles before the Birth of New China Shang Chang-bao  
65 The Takeover and Reform of Radio Industry in Shanghai Du Ying  
74 The Biography of Wu Xun and the Transformation of China's Movie System Wang Xiao-yu  

Humanities
 
84 Two Historical Narratives on the Television Screens Zhang Hui-yu  

View on the World
 
92 Ecological Architecture: The Maosi Ecological Demonstration Primary School Edward Ng Yan-yung,
Mu Jun
 

Politics and Law
 
102 The Predicament of Democratization in China Yao Yang  
110 The United States Presidential Election from the Perspectives of the Chinese Intellectual Groups Wu Jing, Yun Guo-qiang  

Economy, Society and Media
 
120 Politics, Market, and the Influences of Party Newspapers Liu Wei-wei  

Short Discourses and Peripatetic Notes
 
128 The Cordial Image of the State Leaders and Political Fans Yuan Guang-feng  

Books, Views and Thoughts
 
135 The Fear and Love of That Generation: Thomas Hobbes's "Political Philosophy of Fear" Huang Tao  
Notes and Comments  
142 Fang Yong, The History of the Studies of Zhuangzi Hao Yi-min  
147 Edward W. Said, Orientalism Yuan Jian  
151 Peter Ho, Institutions in Transition: Land Ownership, Property Rights, and Social Conflict in China Zhou Zu-wen  
156 Karl Löwith, Mein Leben in Deutschland vor und nach 1933 Yang Hui  

160

Tripartite Interactions
 

162

From the Editor's Desk
   
163 Pictorial Credits