Books (in English)

1. Technological Empowerment: The Internet, the State and Society in China, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008.
2. De Facto Federalism in China: Reforms and Dynamics of Central-Local Relations, Singapore and London: World Scientific Publishing, 2007
3. Globalization and State Transformation in China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 (cloth and paper editions). (This book is also in Chinese language.)
4. Will China Become Democratic? Elite, Class, and Regime Transition, Singapore, London and New York: Eastern Universities Press, 2004.
5. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 (cloth and paper editions). (This book is now also in Korean language.)

Edited volumes

1. China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution: Social changes and state responses, co-edited with Zhang Xiaoling, London: Routledge, 2009.
2. China in the New International Order, co-edited with Wang Gungwu, London: Routledge, 2008.
3. China's Opening Society: The Non-State Sector and Governance, co-edited with Joseph Fewsmith, London: Routledge, 2008.
4. Sources of Conflict and Cooperation in the Taiwan Strait, co-edited with Raymond Wu, Singapore and London: World Scientific, 2006.
5. The Chinese Communist Party in Reform, co-edited with Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard, New York and London: Routledge, 2006.
6. The SARS Epidemic: Challenges to China's Crisis Management, co-edited with John Wong, Singapore and London: World Scientific, 2004.
7. Bringing the Party Back In: The Party and Governance in China, co-edited with Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard, Singapore, London and New York, Eastern Universities Press, 2004.
8. Damage Control: The Chinese Communist Party in the Jiang Zemin Era. Co-edited with Wang Gungwu. Singapore, London and New York: Eastern Universities Press, 2003.
9. China's Post-Jiang Leadership Succession: Problems and Perspectives. Co-edited with John Wong. London and Singapore: World Scientific/Singapore University Press, 2002.
10. The Nanxun Legacy and China's Development in the Post-Deng Era. Co-edited with John Wong. London and Singapore: World Scientific/Singapore University Press, 2001.
11. Reform, Legitimacy and Dilemmas: Politics and Society in China. Co-edited with Wang Gungwu. London and Singapore: World Scientific/Singapore University Press, 2000.

1. Bringing the Chinese Communist Party Back In 2. The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor: identity, culture and politics 3. From Individual to Organization: the transformation of the emperorship 4. Elite Politics and Power Succession: institutions, rules, and norms 5. The Party Domination of the State 6. Hegemonization over Social Forces: domination and legitimacy 7. The CCP Party School: discourse, action and hegemony 8. The Organizational Emperorship, Transformation and China's Democratic Future