Society
-Civil society in China today (YU KEPING) -Institutional change and legitimacy through urban elections? Increasing people's awareness of elections and participation in urban districts (shequ) (THOMAS HEBERER) -The Information Society in the Asia-Pacific region (JAVIER CASTAÑEDA) -How Chinese are represented in the imaginary of Westerners (GRÉGORY LEE) -Iran: interconnection between State and society (FARIBA ADELKHAH) -Japan: shrinking and aging cities as a regional challenge of demographic change (WINFRIED FLÜCHTER)
Society APPENDIX:
-Chronology of society in the Asia-Pacific region