Xi Jinping's efforts to recentralize political power have triggered a debate over if these
changes will destroy the “authoritarian responsiveness” in China credited with regime …

This article proposes a new approach to studying China's contentious politics in the post-
1989 era. This approach treats China's central government as an institutional designer …

The state's ability to adapt and respond to public needs, wants, and demands is key to
explaining the resilience of China's political system (see Dickson 2021; Tang 2016; Nathan …

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for agile governance to effectively address
and prevent future global crises. Scholars have examined China's grid system and its …

In what ways has the expansion of the Internet transformed local governance in China?
Through analysis of over 2000 leaked official emails from a district-level Internet …

This article examines the institutionalization of online consultation, a prominent instrument of
governance reform in contemporary China in which government organizations make public …

The development of philanthropic foundations in China is constrained by both state
corporatism and the 'administrative absorption of society.'In this study, we use the term …

Atomized Incorporation examines why the Chinese regime selectively tolerates workers'
collective action within single factories and what this means for the country's long-term …

The article analyses the media system in Macao, a special administrative region of China
that transitioned from Portuguese to Chinese sovereignty in 1999, becoming one of cities in …

While the reliance of hybrid regimes on tools of democratic consultation has been well-
documented, public participation in policy implementation is less studied. This article …