Introduction: Fragmented and Absorptive Regulation: A Conceptual Framework to Understand Food Safety Regulatory Governance in China
Peng Liu, Liang Ma and Xun Wu

Regulatory Scaffolding: Food Safety Politics in Federal, Unitary, and Multilevel Systems
John Yasuda

Evaluating the “Monitoring Space” in Food Safety Regulation: A Comparison Between China and the United Kingdom
Yongkang An

Media Coverage and Citizens’ Perceptions of Food Safety in Urban China
Hongchuan Wang and Liang Ma

The Antecedents of Restructuring of Regulatory Agencies: An Empirical
Study of Prefecture-Level Food Regulation Departments in China
Zhipeng Liu and Peng Liu

From Administrative Domination to Administrative Leadership: The Evolution of Food Safety Collaborative Regulation in China
Guochong Xu and Longxia Huo