{"product_id":"power-versus-law-in-modern-china-cities-courts-and-the-communist-party-hardcover","title":"Power Versus Law in Modern China: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQiang Fang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eXiaobing Li\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday 700 million Chinese citizens--more than fifty-four percent of the population--live in cities. The mass migration of rural populations to urban centers increased rapidly following economic reforms of the 1990s, and serious problems such as overcrowding, lack of health services, and substandard housing have arisen in these areas since. China's urban citizens have taken to the courts for redress and fought battles over failed urban renewal projects, denial of civil rights, corruption, and abuse of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePower versus Law in Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e, Qiang Fang and Xiaobing Li examine four important legal cases that took place from 1995 to 2013 in the major cities of Wuhan, Xuzhou, Shanghai, and Chongqing. In these cases, citizens protested demolition of property, as well as corruption among city officials, developers, and landlords; but were repeatedly denied protection or compensation from the courts. Fang and Li explore how new interest groups comprised of entrepreneurs and Chinese graduates of Western universities have collaborated with the CCP-controlled local governments to create new power bases in cities. Drawing on newly available official sources, private collections, and interviews with Chinese administrators, judges, litigants, petitioners, and legal experts, this interdisciplinary analysis reveals the powerful and privileged will most likely continue to exploit the legal asymmetry that exists between the courts and citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eQiang Fang \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of East Asian history at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eChinese Complaint Systems: Natural Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eModern Chinese Legal Reform: New Perspectives.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the current president of Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS). \u003cb\u003eXiaobing Li\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eModern Chinese Legal Reform: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA History of the Modern Chinese Army\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67698991497318,"sku":"9780813173931","price":78.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/2OGPe8LOt09780813173931.webp?v=1791913864","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/power-versus-law-in-modern-china-cities-courts-and-the-communist-party-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}