The purpose of this book is to more thoroughly analyse the Chinese FOI phenomenon. This book has used information flow analysis to examine this strange and intriguing phenomenon. It has argued that a sufficient understanding of the adoption of FOI legislation in China cannot be achieved without focusing on the capacity to accept FOI, through examining the development of local information flow over time due to changed social, political, legal and economic conditions. It has also argued that a sufficient understanding of the prospects for the implementation of FOI legislation in China cannot be achieved until equal attention is paid to both the push and pull aspects of information flow.