Shows that in a predatory regime localized property rights protection is possible due to elite cleavage within the regime.

Qi Zhang is Associate Professor at the China Center for Economic Studies in the School of Economics at Fudan University, Shanghai. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science at Northwestern University and another Ph.D. in Economics at Peking University, Beijing. He is the author of numerous articles appearing in academic and business journals, including Political Behaviour, the Journal of Contemporary China, Studies in Comparative International Development, and the Journal of East Asian Studies.

1. Introduction; 2. Revolutionary history in Zhejiang province and its political consequences; 3. The dog that did not bark: grassroots resistance to socialist agricultural collectivization; 4. United in the cultural revolution: the return of capitalism; 5. Capitalism with Zhejiang characteristics: crossing the river by feeling for the stones; 6. Beyond Zhejiang: the Zhejiang model versus Jiangsu province; 7. Discussion and conclusions: rethinking the power structure, the government-business relationship, and the future of the private economy; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.