Part I: Conceptual Explication

Chapter 1 was originally published in Human Communication, 19989, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 2536. Reprinted by permission of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association.

Chapter 2 was originally published in G. M. Chen & R. Ma (Eds.), Chinese conflict management and resolution (pp. 319). (2002). Reprinted by permission of Greenwood.

Chapter 3 was originally published in China Media Research, 2007, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 102109. Reprinted by permission of the American Chinese Media Research Association.

Chapter 4 was originally published in Communication Quarterly, 1994, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 93105. Reprinted by permission of Taylor and Francis.

Chapter 5 was originally published in Intercultural Communication Studies, 2003, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 6580. Reprinted by permission of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies.

Chapter 6 was originally published in Intercultural Communication Studies, 2002, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 153171. Reprinted by permission of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies.

Chapter 7 was originally published in Chinese Community Forum, July 11, No. 200127. Available: http://www.ChinaNet.org.

Part II: Empirical Research

Chapter 8 was originally published in Journal of CrossCultural Psychology, 1995, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 8491. Reprinted by permission of Sage.

Chapter 9 was originally published in Communication Research Reports, 2002, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 399408. Reprinted by permission of Taylor and Francis.

Chapter 10 was originally published in Intercultural Communication Studies, 2002, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 4156. Reprinted by permission of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies.

Chapter 11 was originally published in Human Communication, 2000, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 97109. Reprinted by permission of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association.

Chapter 12 was originally published in Intercultural Communication Studies, 2000, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 163175. Reprinted by permission of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies.

Chapter 13 was originally published in Intercultural Communication Studies, 2000, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 7188. Reprinted by permission of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies.

Chapter 14 was originally published in G. M. Chen & R. Ma (Eds.), Chinese conflict management and resolution (pp. 163182). (2002). Reprinted by permission of Greenwood.

Part III: Theory Building

Chapter 15 was originally published in V. H. Milhouse, M. K. Asante, & P. O. Nwosu (Eds.), Transcultural realities: Interdisciplinary perspectives on crosscultural relations (pp. 5570). (2001). Reprinted by permission of Sage.

Chapter 16 was originally published in B. L. Hoffer & H. H. Koo (Eds.), Crosscultural communication East and West in the 90's (pp. 4553). (1998). Reprinted by permission of the Institute for CrossCultural Research.

Chapter 17 was originally published in China Media Research, 2009, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 7281. Reprinted by permission of the American Chinese Media Research Association.

Part IV. Future Development

Chapter 18 was originally published in W. Jia, X. Lu, & D. R. Heisey (Eds.). (2002). Chinese communication theory and research: Reflections, new frontiers, and new directions (pp. 255268). Reprinted by permission of Greenwood.

Chapter 19 was originally published in J. Kulich & M. H. Prosser (Eds.), Intercultural prspectives on Chinese cmmunication (pp. 302337). (2007). Reprinted by permission of Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Chapter 20 was originally published in China Media Research, 20096 Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 112. Reprinted by permission of the American Chinese Media Research Association.

Chapter 21 was originally published in The Review of Communication, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 295311. Reprinted by permission of Taylor and Francis.