This chapter presents a recurring theme from the author's research on Chinese security
politics: the idea that China is incredibly safe. In Mandarin, the word for security, anquan …

This volume sets out to study the major trends in Chinese local governance under Xi
Jinping. The field has for a long time been dominated by studies following one of two major …

In shifting focus to the actual exercise of power in the PRC, we must draw a distinction
between “organizations” and “institutions,” for the Chinese political system is strewn with …

Focusing on the Jasic protests of 2018–2019 in Shenzhen, this chapter investigates the role
of students and young activists, and the nexus of the mobilisation with the evolving …

Political thought, from Aristotle to Lefebvre, has placed importance on the control of space as
an activity of political power. Extraordinary measures taken by global policy-makers since …