Introduction 1
1 The opening up to the world of a once isolated nation 13
2 Authorship, access and the public interest 49
3 Administrative copyright enforcement the authorship public interest 94
4 Public education, copyright and the public interest 124
5 Public libraries, copyright and the public interest 167
6 Public archives, public copyright and the public interest 213
Conclusion 248
Appendix: Timeline of Chinese history 255
Bibliography 256
Index 273