INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE I. CHUNG-KUO . II. THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF OLD CHINA III. THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF OLD CHINA IV. THE IMPACT OF THE WEST AND THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY V. THE TRIALS AND FAILURES OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC VI. THE RISE OF THE KUOMINTANG TO SUPREME POWER VII. CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S RISE TO POWER WITHIN THE KUOMINTANG VIII. THE KUOMINTANG: ITS DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, AND LEADERSHIP IX. THE KUOMINTANG TUTELAGE X. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS PRESIDENT XI. THE EXECUTIVE YUAN XII. THE MILITARY POWER XIII. LEGISLATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS XIV. FINANCE AND THE BUDGET XV. ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS XVI. THE EXAMINATION YUAN AND THE CIVIL SERVICE XVII. LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE XVIII. THE CONTROL POWER XIX. THE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL COUNCIL XX. WARTIME DEMANDS FOR CONSTITUTIONALISM XXI. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1946 XXII. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF 1948 XXIII. POLITICAL PARTIES XXIV. PARTY POLITICS AND STRUGGLES XXV. THE OUTLOOK FOR A GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE NOTES APPENDICES A. Chronology, igxu--x9u8 B. A List of Constitutions, Provisional Constitutions, and Constitutional Drafts, x9o8-I946 . C. The Constitution of the Republic of China, October Io, I923 D. The Constitution of the Republic of China, December 25, I946. E. Sun Yat-Sen's Fundamentals of National Reconstruction, April I2, Igz4 F. The Statute of the Chung-Kuo Kuomintang as Revised by the Sixth National Congress, May I6, i945 G. National Congresses and Plenary Sessions of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang H. Evolution of the Political Council I. Organic Law of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China Passed by the First Session of the Chinese People's Consultative Conference on September 27, I949 BIBLIOGRAPHY A. Books in Western Languages BIBLIOGRAPHY B. Books in Chinese TRANSLITERATIONS OF CHINESE WORDS INDEX