Introduction: time to rethink key concepts in urban Chinese politics and society? / William Hurst -- The stratification of urban residential space and community interaction: the case of Dongshan New Town in Nanjing / Li Yuanxing and Chen Junfeng ; translated by Matthew A. Hale -- Changes in assets held by the middle class during social transition: an analysis based on surveys of urban residents in the Pearl River delta from 1986 to 2004 / Liu Yi ; translated by Roderick Graham Flagg -- The age of individualization: Chinese paradox and resolution - the experience of one metropolis / Xiong Wansheng, Li Kuan, and Dai Chunqing ; translated by Roderick Grahm Flagg -- Community economic structure and the social capital of the individual: examples among poor residents in Guangzhou and Lanzhou / Liang Ningxin ; translated by Roderick Graham Flagg -- From social capital to Guanxi: a study of small and medium enterprise growth in China / Zhai Xuewei ; translated by Matthew A. Hale -- Politics in residence: an empirical study of owners' rights defense and community construction in B City / Guo Yuhua and Shen Yuan ; translated by Zhao Rui -- The "interstitial production" of civil society: lawsuits involving "neighborhood agency rights" in Nanyuan / Huang Xiaoxing ; translated by Matthew A. Hale and Shayan Momin.
