Our July/August edition begins with an editorial on the implications for the people of the Tibet Autonomous Regions of the new railway link to Lhasa. This issue also contains an interview with the World Bank's China Representative, David Dollar, about the Bank's current and future partnership with China; a first person narrative of woman village leader, a reviWu Jing'ai(吴京爱); a review of an article on rural issues by leading government analyste, Han Jun, and a wide selection of shorter news items.