This study examines the role of the media in sustaining regime stability in an authoritarian
context. The article engages the recent work on authoritarian resilience in comparative …

Elites often use social policies to garner political support and ensure regime survival, but
social policies are not a silver bullet. Using two waves of Chinese national surveys, I find that …

Over the past two decades, China has rapidly increased its spending on its public pension
programs, to the point that pension funding is one of the government's largest expenditures …

This article examines factors that shape people's perceptions of government corruption in
mainland China. We are particularly interested in how people acquire information on local …

Television has a strategic position in constructing national identity. As part of the everyday
life of the community, television provides a community-driven medium to construct its …

The Chinese public's prevailing admiration and respect for the United States was widely
observed in the 1980s when reforms first began. However, since the early 1990s significant …

We argue that, to effectively understand media effects in authoritarian societies, researchers
must assess different types of media strategies adopted by authoritarian leaders. Using …

Abstract The University Enrollment Quota Policy in China determines the proportion of
Chinese University Entrance Exam (known colloquially in China as the Gaokao) takers in …

It is widely recogni ed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses the media to set the
agenda for political discourse, propagate official policies, monitor public opinion, and rally …

What are the attitudes towards the European Union (EU), the United States, Russia and
Japan among Chinese urban citizens, and how can we explain these attitudes? These are …