William P. Alford, The More Law, The More...? Measuring Legal Reform in the People's Republic of China, in How Far Across the River? Chinese Policy Reform at the Millennium (Nicholas C. Hope, Dennis Tao Yang & Mu Yang Li eds., 2003).
Abstract: This book takes its defining theme from Deng Xiaopeng's famous metaphor for gradual reform: “feeling the stones to cross the river.” How far has China progressed in fording the river?