External tourism development organizations are frequently utilized by the various levels of
the Chinese government to develop tourism and boost local economies. However, this often …

Voting in China's grassroots elections is more of a ritual than a right. For most citizens
especially in the urban areas, the results of the local elections have little effect on their lives …

What explains why vote buying occurs in some elections but not others? The phenomenon
of vote buying is under-studied in authoritarian, single-party-dominant regimes, especially in …

Scholars have noted that the Chinese government has been grooming a range of grass-
roots social organizations in Hong Kong since the handover. Hometown associations …

Local governments' failure to provide proper compensation for rural residents' land rights
has been one of the main sources of political conflict in rural China. Previous literature has …