This research delves into the dynamics of officials’ attitudes toward the Communist Party of China (CPC), examining the joint impact of parental political identity and political norms. A novel experimental survey conducted in provincial CPC …

This article uses theories of industrial policy to assess the development of China’s 5G telecommunications equipment policy. It considers the path China’s 5G build-out has taken, and American security concerns in reaction to several nations’ …

Existing research has shown that pubic trust in state-aligned media facilitates political persuasion. However, little is known about how media credibility interacts with political trust when governments exercise control over media outlets acting …

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is poised to profoundly reshape the regional geographical landscape. While existing communication studies on BRI have focused on the official and media narratives to frame the initiative, the overall orientation …

Institutional trust is pivotal in facilitating targeted policy implementation and fostering appropriate preventative behavior amid public health crises. This study examines the immediate effects of the pandemic on institutional trust …

Digital transformations are impacting inter-state currency politics in strategically important ways. This article contributes to growing debates over the nature of US-China competition as the Chinese RMB rapidly digitizes in ways said to challenge …

Bureaucratic career incentives play a critical role in shaping how government officials influence local resources within their jurisdictions. This study suggests that the career incentives of subnational officials are instrumental in determining …

This article provides political analysis of the extent to which new state strategies of involvement in climate technologies have shaped the green markets in both China and the United States. Using rational choice institutionalism and comparative …

In the context of China’s central government’s promotion of local officials’ performance evaluation for environmental protection and the division of responsibilities between the party and the government, this study investigated China’s political …

Political promotion is a significant factor in shaping the behavior of local officials in China. Given that the focus on economic growth has shifted from "quantity" to "quality," it is imperative to assess whether reforms in incentive structures …

Anti-corruption and centralization of power have defined China’s political changes since October 2012. This article attempts to explain why China has chosen the centralization of power to fight corruption in light of the developmental state …

Recent applications of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory have linked institutional design to budgetary changes, yet much more work is needed to unravel the mechanism through which bureaucracy moderates the odds of budget punctuations. Three important …

The development of the internet has enabled a novel channel for citizens to express their opinions and needs, and governments have become more responsive to citizens’ messages as a result. We performed a two-dimensional classification of 3,900 …

This study examines how Chinese authorities distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable diplomatic discourse within China’s cyberspace. Using computer-assisted text analysis, we analyze a unique dataset comprising US Embassy social media posts …

Crises constitute ideal opportunities for authoritarian leaders to promote certain narratives, shaping reality in their favor and crafting their own preferred storylines about current events. In other words: they serve authoritarian leaders on a …

Achieving sustainable development is an important goal for China’s economic transformation to high-quality development. Using the city-year panel data and constructing a green total factor productivity (GTFP) indicator, we implement the idea of an …

Focusing on the challenges brought about by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic in China and the Chinese government’s increasingly stringent regulatory policies, this paper poses the following research questions: During the pandemic and in …

The recent and increasingly antagonistic relationship between the world’s two great powers, the United States and China, has caused collateral damage to many secondary countries as their interests might rely on amicable relationships with both the …

Grassroots elections of rural village heads and urban community directors are an important public arena for social-political participation of Chinese citizens. Analyzing the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS2017) data through the models of GSEM …

This paper examines the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on China’s political influence in international affairs, as mediated by Chinese economic integration with the BRI countries. We propose that the BRI plays a role in influencing …