Introduction: changes in governance and political development in China under the impact of globalization -- Globalization and capacity of public sectors: a case study of China -- From "China and the West" to "globalization": Chinese perspectives on globalization -- Americanization, westernization, Sinification: modernization or globalization in China? -- Civic organizations and governance in rural China: a case study of Dongsheng Village, Changqiao Municipality, Zhangpu County, Fujian Province -- The emergence of China's civil society and its significance to governance -- China's rural governance then and now: a comparative analysis of Dingxian, Zouping and Jiangning Counties -- The people's congress system in reforming China -- Toward an incremental democracy and governance: Chinese theories and assessment criteria.