RANDY KLUVER is Associate Professor on Speech and Rhetoric and Director of the interdisciplinary Asian Studies Program at Oklahoma City University. His research focuses primarily on 20th century Asian political discourse and its cultural roots. He is also interested in global political, economic, and cultural trends, in an attempt to understand the world we will inhabit in the future.JOHN H. POWERS is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he has been for the past eight years. Previous to his current position, he taught at Texas A&M University for 16 years. His research interests include communication theory and paradigm building, public discourse theory and criticism, and the role of language in routine communication practices. He is author of Public Speaking: The Lively Art (1994).

• Preface Introduction: Civic Discourse and Civil Society in Chinese Communities, John H. Powers and Randy Kluver Part I: Civic Discourse and National Identity Elite-Based Discourse in Chinese Civil Society, Randy Kluver Journalistic Memoirs of China: The Discourse of Foreign Reporters, John H. Powers Part II: Emerging Patterns of Discourse in Chinese Civil Societies The Role of Rhetorical Topoi in Constructing the Social Fabric of Contemporary China, George Q. Xu Freedom of Religion in China: The Emerging Civic Discourse, Brent Fulton From Kaihui to Duihua: The Transformation of Chinese Civic Discourse, Wenshan Jia Ineffability and Violence in Taiwan's Congress, Jensen Chung Ideological Themes in Hong Kong's Public Service Announcements: Implications for China's Future, Lisa Cuklanz and Wendy Wong Part III: Modes of Civic Discourse in Chinese Communities From Lei Feng to Zhang Haidi: Changing Media Images of Model Youth in the Post-Mao Reform Era, Mei Zhang Televisual Discourse and the Mediation of Power: Living Room Dialogues with Modernity in Reform-Era China, William C. Godby Literature as Civic Discourse in the Reform Era: Utopianism and Cynicism in Chinese Political Consciousness, Shiping Hua Same Language, Yet Different: News Coverage of Clinton's China Visit by Two Prominent Newspapers, Mei Zhong (Re)locating Our Voices in the Public Sphere: Call-in Talk Shows as a Channel for Civic Discourse in Taiwan, Rueyling Chuang and Ringo Ma Kan Dashan as Civic Discourse in a Chinese Community, Shuming Lu The Internet as a Mode of Civic Discourse: The Chinese Virtual Community in North America, Dejun Liu Part IV: Civic Discourse Between China and the World The Pride of Zuguo: China's Perennial Appeal to the Overseas Chinese and an Emergent Civic Discourse in a Global Community, Dilin Liu and Canchu Lin China's Rhetoric of Socialization in its International Civic Discourse, D. Ray Heisey Civic Discourse with the International Community: China's Whitepapers on Human Rights, John H. Powers Rhetorical Adaptability in China's Argument for Most Favored Nation Status, Heping Zhao Civic Discourse in China-U.S. Relations: Great Leaps Forward and Backward, Mei-ling T. Wang Author Index Subject Index About the Editors About the Contributors

RANDY KLUVER is Associate Professor on Speech and Rhetoric and Director of the interdisciplinary Asian Studies Program at Oklahoma City University. His research focuses primarily on 20th century Asian political discourse and its cultural roots. He is also interested in global political, economic, and cultural trends, in an attempt to understand the world we will inhabit in the future.JOHN H. POWERS is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he has been for the past eight years. Previous to his current position, he taught at Texas A&M University for 16 years. His research interests include communication theory and paradigm building, public discourse theory and criticism, and the role of language in routine communication practices. He is author of Public Speaking: The Lively Art (1994).

• Preface Introduction: Civic Discourse and Civil Society in Chinese Communities, John H. Powers and Randy Kluver Part I: Civic Discourse and National Identity Elite-Based Discourse in Chinese Civil Society, Randy Kluver Journalistic Memoirs of China: The Discourse of Foreign Reporters, John H. Powers Part II: Emerging Patterns of Discourse in Chinese Civil Societies The Role of Rhetorical Topoi in Constructing the Social Fabric of Contemporary China, George Q. Xu Freedom of Religion in China: The Emerging Civic Discourse, Brent Fulton From Kaihui to Duihua: The Transformation of Chinese Civic Discourse, Wenshan Jia Ineffability and Violence in Taiwan's Congress, Jensen Chung Ideological Themes in Hong Kong's Public Service Announcements: Implications for China's Future, Lisa Cuklanz and Wendy Wong Part III: Modes of Civic Discourse in Chinese Communities From Lei Feng to Zhang Haidi: Changing Media Images of Model Youth in the Post-Mao Reform Era, Mei Zhang Televisual Discourse and the Mediation of Power: Living Room Dialogues with Modernity in Reform-Era China, William C. Godby Literature as Civic Discourse in the Reform Era: Utopianism and Cynicism in Chinese Political Consciousness, Shiping Hua Same Language, Yet Different: News Coverage of Clinton's China Visit by Two Prominent Newspapers, Mei Zhong (Re)locating Our Voices in the Public Sphere: Call-in Talk Shows as a Channel for Civic Discourse in Taiwan, Rueyling Chuang and Ringo Ma Kan Dashan as Civic Discourse in a Chinese Community, Shuming Lu The Internet as a Mode of Civic Discourse: The Chinese Virtual Community in North America, Dejun Liu Part IV: Civic Discourse Between China and the World The Pride of Zuguo: China's Perennial Appeal to the Overseas Chinese and an Emergent Civic Discourse in a Global Community, Dilin Liu and Canchu Lin China's Rhetoric of Socialization in its International Civic Discourse, D. Ray Heisey Civic Discourse with the International Community: China's Whitepapers on Human Rights, John H. Powers Rhetorical Adaptability in China's Argument for Most Favored Nation Status, Heping Zhao Civic Discourse in China-U.S. Relations: Great Leaps Forward and Backward, Mei-ling T. Wang Author Index Subject Index About the Editors About the Contributors