Since 1949, Chinese capitalists have experienced some dramatic shifts in their political and economic life. Keming Yang examines what such changes tell us about China's current political situation and future political development, making use of both historical and current interdisciplinary evidence.

The Political Significance of Capitalists in a Communist Regime The Demise of the Old Capitalists in the New Society The Growth of the New Capitalists Wealth and Power, Business and Politics Between the Communist State and Private Enterprises: Private business associations Capitalist Candidates in Local Elections Weapons of the Wealthy The Capitalists, the Workers, and the Communist State Elite Corporatism

KEMING YANG is Lecturer of Sociology at University of Durham, UK. He is the author of Entrepreneurship in China (2007) and Making Sense of Statistical Methods in Social Research (2010).