Considered one of the finest textbooks on this important subject, China's Political System, 3/e, demonstrates how the government of the world's largest nation has been significantly affected by attempts to harmonize the unique nature of its indigenous culture with a variety of influences and ideas from outside. As China assumes its place in the New World Order, it faces many challenges to its traditional economic, legal, social, and cultural structures. This texts provides students with a clear sense of how this transition is taking place, what its effects on the current leaders and policies are, and how the system might evolve in the future.