China in Search of a Harmonious Society

273 Pages·2008·11.757 MB·English

by  Guo And Guo

China in Search of a
Harmonious Society
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
Series Editor: Sujian Guo, Ph.D.
San Francisco State University
In an attempt to reflect the rapidly changing political environment of the Peo­
ple’s Republic of China, editor Sujian Guo has assembled a book series to pre­
sent specialized areas of research in current Chinese political studies. Incorpo­
rating theoretical, empirical, and policy research on contemporary Chinese
politics both domestically and internationally, this series contemplates the Chi­
nese past, present, and fixture by utilizing interdisciplinary perspectives to ap­
proach issues related to Chinese politics, economy, culture, social development,
reform, the military, legal system, and foreign relations. Aimed at bringing a
greater understanding of the current Chinese political climate to Western audi­
ences, this series is focused on the emerging voices of Chinese scholars and their
perspectives on the ever-changing Chinese diaspora.
Recent titles in the series are:
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development,
edited by Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo
New Dimensions in Chinese Foreign Polie
edited by Sujian Guo and Shiping Hua
The Dragon 's Hidden Wings: How China Rises with Its Soft Power
by Sheng Ding
“Harmonious World” and China’s New Foreign Policy
edited by Sujian Guo and Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
China in Search of a Harmonious Society
edited by Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo
China in Search of a
Harmonious Society
Edited By Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo
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China in search of a harmonious society I edited by Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo.
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Includes index.
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1. China—Politics and government—2002- I. Guo, Sujian, 1957-11. Guo, Baogang,
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Contributors xi
Acknowledgnents xv
Introduction China in Search of a Harmonious Society
BaogangGuo &SujianGuo 1
1 Building a Harmonious Society and Achieving
Individual Harmony
Ai Guo Han 13
2 Traditional Culture Embodied in Confucianism and
China’s Search for a Harmonious Society and
Peaceful Development
Shi Zhongwen 35
3 Cultural Construction of a Harmonious Society
QinZhiyong 61
4 China’s Harmonious World: Beyond Cultural
Interpretations
Yu Bin 75
5 On die Way to Harmony: Marxism, Confucianism,
and Hu Jintao’s Hexie Concept
Josef Gregory Mahoney 99
6 Economic Development, Political Stability, and
Social Harmony: Can All Good Things Go
Together?
GuoliLiu 129
v
Contents
7 Modernity, History, and the Negotiation of Chinese
Identity: Revisiting the Liberals/New Left Debate
Kelvin Chi-kin Cheung 163
8 Conflict of Rights and Integration of Order: Real
Estate Disputes and Government Management in
New Urban Communities
Tang Juan 185
9 Pension Reforms in China: An Institutional Pursuit
of Stability for the Rapidly Aging
TengFu 215
10 Corruption, Impact of Corruption, and Measures to
Curtail Corruption in China
Yanmin Yu 229
Index 247
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Reciprocal Interactive Relations among People, 21
Values, Society
Figure 5.1 Dialectical Complements: Xiaokang and Datong 117
Figure 8.1 CNKI Concerning the Document Research Records
of “Social Conflicts” 195
Figure 8.2 CNKI Concerning the Document Research Records
of “Homeowner Safeguarding Rights” 195
Figure 8.3 CNKI Concerning the Document Research Records
of “Commercial Housing Disputes” 196
Figure 8.4 Violation Cases in Real Estate Market in 2005 (%) 197
Figure 8.5 The Satisfaction Survey of Homeowners for Property
Management Companies in National Cities 199
Figure 9.1 The Chinese Pension Apparatus 221
Figure 10.1 Consequences of Corruption 234
Figure 10.2 Effectiveness of the Anticorruption Measures 235
Figure 10.3 The Role of Media in the Anticorruption 237

List of Tables
Table 1.1 Partial List of Social Values 20
Table 8.1 Housing Reform Policy Process of Chinese Cities and
Towns 188
Table 8.2 Private Investment in Housing Investment of Some
Major Cities (%) 189
Table 8.3 The Annual Growth Rate of China’s Real Estate
Market Investment 190
Table 8.4 The Proportion of Individual Purchasing in
Nationwide Urban Commercial Residential Sale
during 1987-1992 (calculated by sale area) 191
Table 8.5 Nationwide House Transaction Certificate in Various
Document Certificates during 1998-2004 191
Table 8.6 The Ranking of Commercial House Complaints
among Various Consumer Complaints 193
Table 8.7 The Growth Rate of Hearing Real Estate Cases 193
Table 8.8 The Quantity and Rate of Real Estate Civil Disputes
Handled by National People’s Court (1998-2004) 194
Table 8.9 The Quantity and Rate of Urban Construction Dispute
Handled by National Juridical Court (1999-2005) 194
Table 8.10 Commercial Housing Quality Complaints in the Total
Commercial Housing Transaction Complaints (1998-
2006) 198
Table 8.11 Commercial Housing Contract Complaints in the
Total Commercial Housing Transaction Complaints
(2003-2006) 198
Table 8.12 The Number of Homeowner Committees in Some
Major Cities 203
Table 8.13 Laws that Protect Civil and Private Property Rights
Since 2002 209
Table 10.1 Which Group of People Do You Think Is Most Likely
to Corrupt? 232
Table 10.2 What Type of Corruption Do You Think Occurs Most
in China? 232
Table 10.3 Which Type of Corruption Do You Think Is the Most
Evil? 233
X List of Tables
Table 10.4 Which Type of Corruption Do You Think Is the Most
Damaging? 233
Table 10.5 What Do You Think Is the Biggest Damage
Corruption Causes to China? 234
Table 10.6 What Do You Think of the Effectiveness of the
Anticorruption Measures? 235
Table 10.7 Which Method Do You Think Will Be the Most
Effective Way to Curtail Corruption? 236
Table 10.8 What Kind of Role Media Have Played in the
Anticorruption Process? 236
Table 10.9 Why Do You Think Some People Do Not Report
Corruption? 237
Table 10.10 What Method Do You Think Is the Most Effective
Way to Reveal Corruptive Individuals and Their
Behavior? 238
Table 10.11 What Method Do You Think Is die Most Effective
Way to Fight Corruption? 239
Table 10.12 Gender 239
Table 10.13 Age 239
Table 10.14 City Recoded 240