Sujian Guo is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, USA. Concurrently, he is a distinguished Professor of Fudan University and Associate Dean of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, PRC.

"This book fills a crying need for a readable yet thorough text on Chinese politics that provides a clear analysis and description of the Chinese political process itself while also putting it in a comparative context. Guo's work describes the formal structure and informal workings of the Chinese political system, with attention to the Chinese cultural and Marxist ideological backgrounds, showing the relevance of the study of Chinese politics to more general empirical theories in political science." - Peter Moody, Professor of Political Science at The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana."This textbook is an excellent example of combining theories of Chinese political studies with comprehensions of PRC political practices. It is written with insights penetrating into the essence of the Chinese political system and perspectives positioning this system in the comparative contexts of world communism and international politics — its depth has reached an admirable level of scholarship." - Guoguang Wu, Professor of Political Science and Chair in China and Asia-Pacific Relations, University of Victoria, Canada."Among the numerous textbooks on Chinese politics and government available to students, Sujian Guo’s book stands out as a unique and provocative one...a well-researched, comprehensive, interesting book with theoretical cogency and a provocative argument." - Ming Xia, Journal of Chinese Political Science 2015 20, pages 477–478

• Part 1: Introducing Chinese Politics 1. Chinese Politics in Comparative Communist Systems 2. Theoretical Models for Studying Chinese Politics Part 2: Land and People 3. Shaping Forces of Chinese State Making, Political Culture, and Political Tradition 4. Traditional Chinese Culture and Confucianism Part 3: Political Development 5. The Collapse of Imperial State and the Communist Road to Power 6. The Making of Communist New State and the post-Mao Transition Part 4: Political Ideology 7. Marxism-Leninism and Chinese Political Ideology 8. Ideological Modifications in Post-Mao China Part 5: Political Institutions 9. The Party-State Structure of Chinese Government 10. Institutional Changes in post-Mao China Part 6: The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems 11. The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems 12. Legal and Legislative Reforms in Post-Mao China Part 7: The Chinese Society 13. Chinese Social Structure and State-Society Relations 14. Social Changes and State-Society Relations in Post-Mao China Part 8: The Chinese Economy 15. State Socialism and Chinese Communist Economy 16. Market Socialism and Economic Transition in Post-Mao China Part 9: Chinese Foreign Policy 17. Chinese Foreign Policy Making 18. US-China Relations in Transformation

Sujian Guo is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, USA. Concurrently, he is a distinguished Professor of Fudan University and Associate Dean of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, PRC.

"This book fills a crying need for a readable yet thorough text on Chinese politics that provides a clear analysis and description of the Chinese political process itself while also putting it in a comparative context. Guo's work describes the formal structure and informal workings of the Chinese political system, with attention to the Chinese cultural and Marxist ideological backgrounds, showing the relevance of the study of Chinese politics to more general empirical theories in political science." - Peter Moody, Professor of Political Science at The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana."This textbook is an excellent example of combining theories of Chinese political studies with comprehensions of PRC political practices. It is written with insights penetrating into the essence of the Chinese political system and perspectives positioning this system in the comparative contexts of world communism and international politics — its depth has reached an admirable level of scholarship." - Guoguang Wu, Professor of Political Science and Chair in China and Asia-Pacific Relations, University of Victoria, Canada."Among the numerous textbooks on Chinese politics and government available to students, Sujian Guo’s book stands out as a unique and provocative one...a well-researched, comprehensive, interesting book with theoretical cogency and a provocative argument." - Ming Xia, Journal of Chinese Political Science 2015 20, pages 477–478

• Part 1: Introducing Chinese Politics 1. Chinese Politics in Comparative Communist Systems 2. Theoretical Models for Studying Chinese Politics Part 2: Land and People 3. Shaping Forces of Chinese State Making, Political Culture, and Political Tradition 4. Traditional Chinese Culture and Confucianism Part 3: Political Development 5. The Collapse of Imperial State and the Communist Road to Power 6. The Making of Communist New State and the post-Mao Transition Part 4: Political Ideology 7. Marxism-Leninism and Chinese Political Ideology 8. Ideological Modifications in Post-Mao China Part 5: Political Institutions 9. The Party-State Structure of Chinese Government 10. Institutional Changes in post-Mao China Part 6: The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems 11. The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems 12. Legal and Legislative Reforms in Post-Mao China Part 7: The Chinese Society 13. Chinese Social Structure and State-Society Relations 14. Social Changes and State-Society Relations in Post-Mao China Part 8: The Chinese Economy 15. State Socialism and Chinese Communist Economy 16. Market Socialism and Economic Transition in Post-Mao China Part 9: Chinese Foreign Policy 17. Chinese Foreign Policy Making 18. US-China Relations in Transformation