1: Introduction: Embedded Activism and Political Change in a Semi-Authoritarian Context Peter Ho 2. Self-imposed Censorship and De-politicized Politics in China: Green Activism or a Color Revolution? Peter Ho 3: Corporatist Control of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations: A State Perspective Jiang Ru and Leonard Ortolano 4: "Of Seven Mouths and Eight Tongues": Media, Civil Society, and the Rise of a Green Public Sphere Craig Calhoun and Guobin Yang 5: Grassland Campaigns during the Collective Era: Socialist Politics and Local Strategies in Uxin Ju Hong Jiang 6: Channeling Dissent: The Institutionalization of Environmental Complaint Resolution Anna Brettell 7: Not Against the State, Just Protecting Residents' Interests: An Urban Movement in a Shanghai Neighborhood Jiangang Zhu and Peter Ho 8: Caged by Boundaries? NGO Cooperation at the Sino-Russian Border Yanfei Sun and Maria Tysiachniouk 9: Transnational Advocacy at the Grassroots: Benefits and Risks of International Cooperation Katherine Morton 10. Perspectives of Time and Change: Rethinking Embedded Green Activism in China Peter Ho and Richard Louis Edmonds.