The Party-state's popular legitimacy is difficult to assess. This study aims to do so via a two-
step methodology that aims to reveal the political belief sets through which the Chinese …

China's potential to politically transition towards democracy has long been an important
topic in the field of comparative political science. The country's economic reforms post …

Many surveys show that China's political regime, under the Chinese Communist Party's
authoritarian rules, enjoys a high level of public support. However, it is still uncertain …

We report results here from a mixed quantitative–qualitative analysis of 168 articles
published in China on the question of regime and party legitimacy. We find that ideology …

This article explores the seemingly paradoxical attitudes of the Chinese middle class
towards democracy, social stability, and reform. Using fieldwork data from Ningbo, this …

This thesis explores how different understandings, interpretations, and claims of diverse
social actors from a growingly liberalizing society interact with China's authoritarian state …

Comparisons of mass and elite sociopolitical preferences and levels of their attitudinal
consistency are critical for understanding mass-elite interaction and hence political …

Based on a unique representative sample survey of three major Chinese cities (Beijing,
Chengdu, Xi'an), Jie Chen sheds new light on the old question regarding the role of the …

Weaving multiple public opinion surveys collected from mainland China (between 1987 and
2015) in this book, Wenfang Tang, a leading survey researcher on Chinese politics …

In December 2008, 300 middle class members signed a document entitled Charter 08. The
document calls for an entirely new constitution, an independent judiciary, direct elections …