Journal of Contemporary China Contents of Volume 11, 2002 EDITOR Suisheng Zhao, Under the auspice of Center for China-US Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Andrew Nathan (Chairman), East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Richard Baum, Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles; Chu-Yuan Cheng, Department of Economics, Ball State University; Yun-han Chu, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University; Lowell Dittmer, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; June Teufel Dreyer, Department of Political Science, University of Miami; Lee Feigon, Department of History, Colby College; Joseph Fewsmith, Department of International Relations, Boston University; Edward Friedman, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John W. Garver, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bates Gill, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC; Thomas B. Gold, Department of Sociology, University of California; Avery Goldstein, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; Steven M. Goldstein, Department of Government, Smith College; David S. G. Goodman, /nstitute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney; Carol Lee Hamrin, China Specialist, US State Department; Guocang Huan, Vice-President and Senior Economist, JP Morgan, Hong Kong Ltd; Qingguo Jia, Beijing University; C. W. Kenneth Keng, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria; Samuel S. Kini, East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Hsin Chi Kuan, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; David M. Lamptom, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University; Nicholas Lardy, Department of Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution; Kenneth Lieberthal, Political Science Department, University of Michigan; Perry Link, East Asian Studies, Princeton University; Richard Madsen, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego; Melanie Manion, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester: Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Department of Economics, Bates College; H. Lyman Miller, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Ramon H. Myers, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Barry Naughton, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California; Kevin O’Brien, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; Suzanne Ogden, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University; William L. Parish, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago; Minxin Pei, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Dwight H. Perkins, H//D, Harvard University; Elizabeth J. Perry, Fairbank Centre for East Asian Research, Harvard University; Jonathan D. Pollack, Strategic Research Department, US Naval War College; Stanley Rosen, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California; Robert S. Ross, Political Science Department, Boston College; Dingli Shen, Fudan University; Susan Shirk, /nstitute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California; Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress; Peter Van Ness, Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University; Ezra F. Vogel, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University; Shaoguang Wang, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Lynn T. White II, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Allen Whiting, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona; Brantly Womack, Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia; Dali Yang, Department of Political Science, The University of Chicago; Quansheng Zhao, School of International Service, American University. Journal of Contemporary China publishes theoretical and policy research articles and research notes, as well as book reviews. The journal’s fields of interest include economics, political science, law, culture, history, international relations, sociology, literature, business and other social sciences and humanities. Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts (3 copies) and books for review, should be addressed to Suisheng Zhao, Editor, Journal of Contemporary China, Graduate School International Studies, University of Denver, 2201 S. Gayford Street, Denver, CO 80208, USA. 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ISSN 1067-0564 © 2002 Taylor & Francis Ltd Carfax Publishing Tay&l Foranrci s Group Volume 11 Number 30 February 2002 ‘Focus’ Phenomenon and Reform of China’s Television Industry As a Hundred Television Formats Bloom, a Thousand Televisien Stations Contend Michael Keane ‘Focus’ (Jiaodian Fangtan) and the Changes in the Chinese Television Industry Li Xiaoping From Propaganda to Hegemony: Jiaodian Fangtan and China’s Media Policy Alex Chan Reconfiguring Chinese Propaganda and Control Modalities: a case study of Shanghai’s television system lan Weber Research Articles Resolving the Tibet Question: problems and prospects Barry Sautman Multiscale and Multimechanisms of Regional Inequality in China: implications for regional policy Yehua Dennis Wei Taiwan’s Foreign Policy and Africa: the limitations of dollar diplomacy lan Taylor Going ‘Back’ and Staying ‘Out’: articulating the postcolonial Hong Kong subjects in the development of China Yuk-Lin Renita Wong Research Notes Viewing a Changing World from the PRC Embassy Window in Washington DC Chen You-wei Culture Clash? Apologies East and West Peter Hays Gries and Kaiping Peng Volume 11 Number 31 May 2002 Research Articles Estimating China’s Urban Unemployment Rate: background, mechanics and an alternative M. Francis Johnston and Li Huimin The Evolution of China’s Nonproliferation Policy since the 1990s: progress, problems, and prospects Jing-dong Yuan Patterns and Dynamics of China’s International Strategic Behaviour Joseph Y. §. Cheng and Zhang Wankun Securing Economic Relations Across the Taiwan Straits: new challenges and opportunities Tse-Kang Leng A Table for Two: Jiang Zemin and the PLA Alex Chopan Political Participation in the Chinese Societies Traditional Orientations and Political Participation in Three Chinese Societies Kuan Hsin-chi and Lau Siu-kai The Democratic Concepts Held by Local Elites on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait: the perception of political participation, economic equality, and conflict reconciliation Da-chi Liao and Tien-chu Tsai Research Note An Examination of the Goals of the Rustication Program in the People’s Republic of China Pan Yihong Book Review Engagement or Containment? Americans’ views on China and Sino—US relations Enbao Wang Volume 11 Number 32 August 2002 China and the World Trade Organization: Winners or Losers? (I) Implications of WTO Membership for China’s State-owned Banks and the Management of Public Finances: issues and strategies Pieter Bottelier Challenges for WTO Implementation: lessons from China’s deep integration into an international trade regime Paul Thiers Accession into the WTO: external pressure for internal reforms in China Icksoo Kim Rural China and the WTO Susan Blum The Implications of WTO Accession on the Pharmaceutical Industry in China Godfrey Yeung Research Articles The Human Dimensions of Pollution Policy Implementation: air quality in rural China William P. Alford, Robert P. Weller, Leslyn Hall, Karen R. Polenske, Yuanyuan Shen and David Zweig The Impact of Competition and Labor Remuneration on Profitability in China’s Industrial State-owned Enterprises Carsten A. Holz The Role of the Military in the PRC Taiwan Policymaking: a case study of the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1995-1996 Jianhai Bi Research Note The Process, Objectives and Patterns of Investment System Reform in China Yao Guangye Book Review Rethinking the Democratic Transition in Hong Kong: some methodological and substantive issues Wong Yiu-chung Volume 11 Number 33 November 2002 After the Political Earthquake: Taiwan Under the DPP Administration (1D) Introduction: the DPP in power Chien-min Chao The Education of Chen Shui-bian: Taiwan’s experience of divided government Shelley Rigger Political Earthquake and Aftershocks: the DPP after the 2000 presidential election Jaushieh Joseph Wu New Presidents Adjust Old Policies: US—Taiwan relations under Chen and Bush Bruce J. Dickson Sino—-US and Cross-Strait Relations under the Post-‘l1! September’ Strategic Settings Jiemian Yang China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization: Winners or Losers? (ID) WTO and China’s Financial Services Sector Chen Ji and Steve Thomas China’s WTO Negotiation Process and its Implications Wei Liang ‘Learn from Daqing’: more dark clouds for workers in state-owned enterprises Timothy B. Weston Research Articles Growth Disparity in China: provincial causes Qingshan Tan China and Falun Gong: Party and society relations in the modern era Beatrice Leung Title-page and Contents, Volume 11 Author Index Alford, William P.. 495 Pan, Yihong, 361 Peng, Kaiping, 173 Bi, Jianhai, 539 Polenske, Karen R., 495 Blum, Susan, 459 Bottelier, Pieter, 397 Rigger, Shelley, 613 Chan, Alex, 35 Sautman, Barry, 77 Chao, Chien-min, 605 Shen, Yuanyuan, 495 Chen, Ji, 673 Chen, You-wei, 161] Cheng, Joseph Y.S., 235 Tan, Qingshan, 735 Taylor, Ian, 125 Chopan, Alex, 281 Thiers, Paul, 413 Thomas, Steve, 673 Dickson, Bruce J., 645 Tsai, Tien-chu, 319 Gries, Peter Hays, 173 Wang, Enbao, 381] Weber, Ian, 53 Hall, Leslyn, 495 Wei, Liang, 683 Holz, Carsten A.. 515 Wei, Yehua Dennis, 109 Weller, Robert P., 495 Johnston, M. Francis. 189 Weston, Timothy B., 721 Wong, Yiu-chung, 58] Keane, Michael, 5 Wong, Yuk-Lin Renita, 141] Kim, Icksoo, 433 Wu, Jaushieh Joseph, 625 Kuan, Hsin-chi, 297 Yang, Jiemian, 657 Lau, Siu-kai, 297 Yao, Guangye, 573 Leng, Tse-Kang, 261] Yeung, Godfrey, 473 Leung, Beatrice, 761 Yuan, Jing-dong, 209 Li, Huimin, 189 Li, Xiaoping, 17 Zhang, Wankun, 235 Liao, Da-chi, 319 Zweig, David, 495