Theories about political movements typically posit models of actor choice that contain untested static assumptions about context. Short‐run changes in these contexts-induced by rapid shifts in the properties of political institutions-can alter choices and actors' interests, rapidly transforming the political landscape. China's Red Guard Movement of 1966-68 is a case in point. A generation of scholarship has attributed its violent factionalism to the opposed interests of different status groups. New evidence about the origins of the movement in Beijing's universities indicates that to the contrary, factions emerged when activists in similar structural positions made opposed choices in ambiguous contexts. Activists subsequently mobilized to defend earlier choices, binding them to antagonistic factions. Rapid shifts in the contexts for political choice can alter prior connections between social position and interests, generating new motives and novel identities. Close attention to these contextual mechanisms can yield novel accounts of the nature and origins of political movements.

The dynamics of a global economy is being reshaped by the economic emergence of two Asian giants, China and India. How the world's two most populous countries manage globalization as they pursue economic reform and liberalization will impact significantly their societies, the rest of Asia, and the world.

This book brings together articles by first rate scholars of China and India to share and discuss their research findings in four areas: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses to Globalization; Social Security and Governance; National Security in the age of Globalization; and Ethnicity and Identity in the New World.

The book includes an opening address by Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, from his speech on Managing Globalization: Lessons from China and India, delivered at the official opening of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on 4 April 2005.

The overall goal of the paper is to better understand the development of groundwater markets in northern China. In particular, this paper focuses on the factors that determine the development of groundwater markets in the attempt to explain their "breadth" (the share of villages in which there are groundwater market activity) and "depth" (the share of water which the average tubewell owner sells to others on a market basis). Based on a survey of 24 randomly sampled villages and 50 randomly sampled tubewells in two provinces (Hebei and Henan Province) in 2001 and a field survey of 68 randomly sampled villages in 4 provinces (Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi) of northern China in 2004, research results show that groundwater markets in northern China have emerged and are developing rapidly. Groundwater markets in northern China also are shown to be informal and localized and developing in a number of ways that make them appear somewhat similar to markets that are found in South Asia. However, groundwater markets in northern China also differ from those in South Asia in other ways, water sales in China are almost all impersonal and they almost always work on a spot-market, cash bases (that is, there is no price discrimination and there are no share or labor sharing arrangements as are sometimes found in South Asia). Econometric results show that the privatization of tubewells is one of the most important driving factors that encourage the development of groundwater markets. Increasing water and land scarcity and policy interventions also are important determinants that induce the development of groundwater markets.

Using urban survey data collected by the authors in 2001-2002, this paper analyzes demographics, cultural factors, and purchasing behaviors influencing the consumption of fresh milk, yogurt, ice cream, and powered milk in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, China. Results from estimation of a double-hurdle model of consumption show that income and marketing channels are the key determinants of milk consumption levels; however, education, advertising, and convenience play a more important role in consumption of other dairy products. There is some evidence that milk powder, as a consumer good, may be becoming an inferior product in urban China. Finally, the survey data suggest that the growing sophistication of Chinas retail sector is influencing consumption of dairy products.

This project report is based on extensive interviews with top leaders in China's high tech industries, such as semiconductor design, e-commerce, mobile value-added services and telecommunications. While previous reports on China's talent challenges have focused on root causes or have been prescriptive in nature, Getting Results in Chinaexplores what leaders of high tech companies are actually doing on the ground to address these challenges. The findings will provide a window of insight on:

• How pioneering executive leaders in China have adapted multinational strategies to acheive results in their organizations;
• What the leading companies in China are doing to come out ahead in the competition for leadership talent;
• Which critical leadership skills are most needed and also hardest to find in the current Chinese high tech playing field.

Getting Results in China will be of interest to Chinese executives, leaders of multinational companies operating in China and investors in Chinese enterprises across all industry sectors who want to understand the talent approaches that are getting results in a challenging environment.