Introduction : democracy, Confucian style? / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh -- Protest Confucianism and postwar Japanese democratic practice / John A. Tucker -- Identity and democratic values in divided Taiwan / I-chou Liu and Kuang-hui Chen -- The political logic of public policymaking in democratizing Taiwan / Joseph Wong -- Adaptations in Korea : confucianism, democracy, and economic development / John Kie-Chiang Oh -- The politics of Confucianism and Asian values in Singapore / Lam Peng Er -- Confucianism and pluralism in a meritocratic society : the Singapore case / Thomas J. Bellows -- Confucian values and democratic governance in Hong Kong / Joseph Y.S. Cheng -- Changes in political values in mainland China since the 1990s : evidence from surveys / Gang Guo -- On local governance in China : from feudalism, centralized bureaucracy, to self-governance / Emerson M.S. Niou