PART I: LEADERSHIP CHANGE AND INSTITUTION BUILDING The 16th CCP National Congress: Institutionalization of Succession Politics; Z.Yongnian New Leaders and Institution Building in China; L.Gang Building a New Political Order in Post-Jiang China; W.Chen & G.Liu New Institution Building or Muddling Through in the Chinese Countryside?; Y.Zhong To Craft Village Democracy in China: The Roles of National Political Elites; L.Youzing PART II: LEADERSHIP CHANGE AND NEW FOREIGN POLICY OROENTATIONS The 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and China's Foreign Policy; C.Shulong The Impact of Domestic Politics on Chinese Foreign Policy; S.Xinning Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition; G.Liu Cross-Strait Relations After the 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party; J. Fu-Sheng