1. Introduction Political Science and Chinese Political Studies: The State of the Field (Sujian Guo, San Francisco State University) -- Part I  Overview of the State of the Field -- 2. Chinese Political Studies: Overview of the State of the Field (Lynn T. White III., Princeton University) -- 3. Political Culture and the Study of Chinese Politics (Peter R. Moody, Jr., University of Notre Dame) -- 4. Western Political Science Theories and the Development of Political Theories in China (Yang Guangbin and Li Miao, Remin University of China) -- 5. Western Political Research Approaches and the Development of Political Science Methodology in China (Jing Yuejin and Wang Guoqin, Tsinghua University) -- 6. Environmental Politics in China: An Issue Area in Review (Fengshi Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong) -- Part II  Methodologies in the Chinese Political Studies -- 7. The Logic of Comparative Politics and the Development of Political Science in China (Zhong Yang, University of Tennessee) -- 8. Political Science Research on China: Making the Most of Diversity (Björn Alpermann, Universität Würzburg) -- 9. Choices for Chinese Political Science: Methodological Positivism or Methodological Pluralism? (Jon R. Taylor, University of St. Thomas) -- 10. The Perestroika Movement in American Political Science and its Lessons for Chinese Political Studies (Shelley Rigger, Davidson College) -- Part III  Scientification or Indigenization of Chinese Political Studies.-11. Reflections on Scientific Inquiry, Academic Freedom, and Enlightenment (Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University) -- 12. The Dilemmas of China's Political Science in the context of the Rise of China (Baogang He, Deakin University) -- 13. Politics Against Science: Reflections on the Study of Chinese Politics in Contemporary China (Guoguang Wu, University of Victoria) -- 14. To "Fall in Line" or To "Grab":  Thoughts on the Indigenization of Political Science (Shaoguang Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong) -- 15. Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Let One Hundred Thoughts Contend: Political Science with Chinese Characteristics (Jon R. Taylor, University of St. Thomas).