CONTENTS

1. News Review (Wenxiong Yao)

2. Feature

    a. The Limits of Irony: Rorty and the China Challenge (Randall PEERENBOOM)

    b. Between Universalism and Particularism: A Comment (Jiantao REN)

3. Topics in Political Theory and Practice (I)

    The Classical Greek Democracy and Its Illiberalism (Bo LI)

4. Economics

    The Role of Ideology in China's Economic Reform (Li-an ZHOU)

5. Law

    China's New Administrative Redress Law (Zhimin WEN)

6. International

    Japan: The Thinking of the Early Meiji Leaders (Jin CHEN)

7. Society and Culture

    a. Thoughts from Xela on the "Indian Problem" (Ying QIAN)

    b. The Power of Ideas: China and the Modern Legitimacy (Bobai LI)