This book has several parts. Chapters Ⅱ and Ⅲ are brief reviews of the　political ideas and institutions of ancent China. The four chapters that follow Give a brief account of political and institutional development during the generation preceding the Kuomintang Government of 1928. Chapters VIII and IX describe the Kuomintang and the theory and practice of politicaltutelage as advocated by it. The body of the book deals with the organization and operation of the Kuomintang Government. The last chapters， Chapters XX to XXIV inclusive, are concerned more with politics. There are also an introductory and a concluding chapter.

Ⅰ. CHUNG-KUO

Ⅱ. THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF OLD CHINA

Ⅲ. THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF OLD CHINA

IV. THE IMPACT OF THE WEST AND THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY

V. THE TRIALS AND FAILURES OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC

Ⅵ. THE RISE OF THE KUOMINTANG TO SUPREME POWER

Ⅶ. CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S RISE TO POWER WITHIN THE KUOMINTANG

Ⅷ. THE KUOMINTANG: ITS DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION,AND LEADERSHIP

IX. THE KUOMINTANG TUTELAGE

X. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS PRESIDENT

XI. THE EXECUTIVE YUAN

XII. THE MILITARY POWER

XIII. LEGISLATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

XIV. FINANCE AND THE BUDGET

XV. ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

XVI. THE EXAMINATION YUAN AND THE CIVIL SERVICE

XVII. LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

XVIII. THE CONTROL POWER

XIX. THE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL COUNCIL

XX. WARTIME DEMANDS FOR CONSTITUTIONALISM

XXI. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1946

XXII. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF 1948

XXIII. POLITICAL PARTIES

XXIV. PARTY POLITICS AND STRUGGLES