Introduction: China and the East Asian Renaissance,: Towards a New World Order -- The Return of the Native: The Fall and Rise of Confucius in Modern China -- Chinese Authoritarianism: The Role of Legalism and and Militarism in the Making of Modern China -- The Daoist Cycle of Life and and The Way of Returning to the Fundamental: Millenarian Prophecy and the Environmental Movement in Contemporary China -- The Return of the Non-Nonnative: The Buddhist Revival in Contemporary China -- Back to the Future? Prospects for Confucianism and Chinese Traditions in Contemporary China