Introduction: China's Environmental Crisis: A Global Crisis with Chinese Characteristics: From Confucius to Cell Phones; J.Jay Kassiola & S.Guo PART 1: CURRENT ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC POLITICS IN CHINA: DESERTIFICATION, BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FOOD SECURITY Desertificaton in China: Problems with Policies and Perceptions; H.Jiang Network Public Management and the Challenge of Biodiversity Management in China; S.R.Jordan Changing Climate? China's New Interest in Global Climate Change Negotiations; W.Liang Environmental Stressors and Food Security in China; J.McBeath & J.McBeath PART 2: THE FORMATION AND POLICY INFLUENCES OF ENGOS (ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS) IN CHINA State and Society in China's Environmental Politics; B.Alpermann Responding to Climate Disaster: The Cosmopolitan Challenge in China; P.G.Harris PART 3: ENVIRONMENTALLY-CAUSED SOCIAL CHANGE IN CHINA: NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND TRADITIONAL CONFUCIAN VALUES UPDATED Digital Power: Public Participation in an Environmental Controversy; Y.Yu & F.Zeng Confucianizing Modernity and 'Modernizing' Confucianism: Environmentalism and the Need for a Confucian Positive Argument for Social Change; J.Jay Kassiola