Beckley demonstrates that no country is poised to upend American primacy, not
economically, not militarily, and not technologically.... The evidence he assembles should be …

Conjunctural analysis is a rather enigmatic practice, observed mostly after the fact and in
feats of exemplary execution, apparently somewhat resistant to codification, and maybe too …

This article builds theoretical linkages between the political mobility of local officials and the
dynamic diffusion of innovation in decentralized authoritarian China. We built two datasets …

How do regimes employ information to govern society and maintain control? Recent
scholarship argues that legibility is a fundamental component of state capacity, but the …

China has established three rounds of low-carbon pilot city initiatives. However, a gap exists
between policy making and successful implementation, and the effects on greenhouse gas …

Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last
several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political …

Beginning in the 2000s, the Chinese state shifted its economic policy away from trying to
attract Foreign Direct Investment to strengthening its own domestic firms. Ling Chen …

In China's transitional economy, one of the major objectives of the government is to maintain
social stability. We hypothesize that, through state ownership and appointment of …

What is the legacy of Japanese colonial rule in East Asia? In this article, I use a geographic
regression discontinuity design to examine of the long-run effects of Japanese rule over …

Special economic zone (SEZ) programs in China have played a major role in the Chinese
political economy. To examine SEZs, I address three questions. Are zones effective? What …