China has been expanding its global economic presence through foreign direct investment,
foreign aid, and trade. China's growing economic influence, however, is inviting worries and …

We explore whether international disputes harm commerce by galvanizing consumer
boycotts of foreign products. Boycotts increase the social penalty of owning goods …

In the context of political tensions and rising economic interdependence between Japan and
China, this book studies how Japanese multinational companies try to minimize damages …

We explore whether international disputes harm commerce by galvanizing consumer
boycotts of foreign products. Boycotts increase the social penalty of owning goods …

The leaders of authoritarian regimes often invoke nationalist themes to garner support from
their populations. However, negative experiences with the regime may effectively inoculate …

Conventional wisdom holds that authoritarian states bear the cost to social stability for
information disclosure. This study investigates the effect of an increasingly common …

Why and how does critical reporting persist at the local level in China despite state media
control, a hallmark of authoritarian rule? Synthesizing ethnographic observation, interviews …

China has become a land of social protests. Yet the Chinese state possesses considerable
capacity and is rising on the world stage day by day. Why and how do Chinese people take …

Much attention has been paid to the censorship Yan Lianke has faced in China. Close
observation of the censure against his works shows that it operates in three forms: book …

The purpose of this book is to explore the public acceptability of congestion charging in the
Chinese context and to discuss whether Western notions of public acceptability are …