Major sporting events bring a range of social, economic, and reputational benefits for
hosting nations and serve as a vehicle to showcase the nation brand. Social media …

This essay surveys the scholarship on Chinese cultural politics in the reform era and argues
that popular culture is a crucial realm where politics is manifested, shaped, and challenged …

During a national crisis, can state propaganda shift public opinion, and if so, in what
direction? Existing studies show that the effects of state propaganda on public opinion in …

As political control tightens, many Chinese celebrities have started to repost official
messages on Weibo to signal political loyalty. What is the impact of celebrities' …

This study aims to investigate the dissemination of traditional Chinese music in the digital
era and the application of deep learning in predicting the influence of Weibo content …

Through computational-assisted analysis of the Weibo corpus of the Chinese Communist
Youth League (CYL) spanning from 2013 to 2020, this paper unveils the strategic utilization …