Reflecting back on over 25 years and four editions of my China Law Deskbook, published by the American Bar Association starting in 1999 and every five years thereafter. I started writing the 1st edition in 1991 as a single volume bundle of joint venture and commercial laws that I tossed in my suitcase for travel around the country accompanied by foreign clients eager to tap the market. While the Deskbook is this foreign lawyer's perspective of China's legal/political system, it reflects three decades of China's legal developments, for better or worse.  As my writing interests have evolved, we'll see if I will ever finish the 5th edition.