How do political institutions influence crisis management? By comparing responses to
COVID-19 in China and South Korea, this article argues that different political institutions …

China's economic model, commonly described as “state capitalist,” is now better
characterized as party-state capitalism, in which the political survival of the Communist Party …

" State Transformation and Chinese Foreign Policy If we want to understand China's
international behaviour, we have to open the black box... State authority is fragmenting …

Research question/issue Previous studies have documented the benefits for firms of
building political connections, yet there is a gap in the literature on the information …

Although not central in the literature on Comparative Capitalisms (CC), the case of China is
highly salient. This is not just because of the country's sheer size and international economic …

A large body of literature on state–business relations in China has examined the political
role of capitalists and collusion between the state and the private sector. This paper …

Economic and social transformation of China during the past 40 years is without precedent
in human history. While the economic transformation was extensively studied, social …

Chapter 1 introduces the research question and identifies three reasons to focus on the
“keep youth satisfied” mandate under Hu Jintao: a) unpacking Xi Jinping's criticism and …

In the mid-2000s, India turned from a nuclear pariah of the international community into a de
facto recognized nuclear power. Why and how did this status elevation come about? Realist …

This book is based on my Ph. D. thesis, completed in the summer of 2015. Parts of the book
were expanded and adapted from the two journal articles. It is “Chinese students' …