The Transnational China Project develops innovative approaches to the study of contemporary China through the use of advanced technologies and by means of new forms of both personal and inter-institutional collaboration. The central goal of this interdisciplinary research effort is to identify, bring together, make accessible, and analyze the multiplicity of views emerging from the complex interplay between the forces of both global and local change. In doing so, this initiative seeks not only to clarify the issues involved in these debates but also to contribute to the debates themselves.