Abstract
The re-emergence of civil society in the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century has left pundits and practitioners wondering about the direction of China’s sociopolitical development trajectory.3 How is China’s civil society likely to evolve? Is it going to resemble the voluntary sector in Europe or Northern America or will it bear greater similarities with civil societies in the global south? What are the likely effects of Chinese civic activism on social and political development in China? In discussions about China’s civil society development, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the proverbial elephant in the room. Will the CCP provide more room for civil society to develop? Or will the current trend of a state-led civil society4 continue unabated?
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