Latest issue of JCCA (55.2) is out! Check it out #OA #OpenAccess #China @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs@jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 4w ago

🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (Volume 55 Issue 2, August 2026) is out! Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccaa/55/2 See replies for details of each contribution (7 research articles)

🍁 Interested in listening to experts unpack #China's #Digital_Nationalism, #AI_Strategy, and Global #Knowledge_Production about China this coming fall 🍁 ? Tune in to our online #GIGA_China_Series, hosted by GIGA Hamburg 🇩🇪 @giga-hamburg.de Registration: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs To & Lee propose 'state-directed #techno-capitalism' to explain unique institutional features & state–capital relations in CN #semiconductor industry. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Anna-Sophie Heidemann finds that CN citizens are more likely to self-censor when survey items align with the CCP's official discourse. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Björn Alpermann studies two much-debated categories: “families who lost their only child” (shidu jiating) and “empty-nest elderly” (kongchao laoren). doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Zhang, Chen & Gao analyzed how #China constructs its corporate and social #identities in #global_data_governance between 2012 and 2025. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Lin Zhang investigates hashtag-centred action during the 227 controversy on #Weibo following the 2020 blocking of Archive of Our Own in China. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Yuxing Liang investigates the impact of local leaders’ #patronage status on firms’ research and development #R&D activities in China. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Xue et al. examine Chinese int'l students’ (CISs’) participation in Australian party politics and election campaigns under the “China panic” climate. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @row-a.bsky.social Alcock interrogates #Polanyi's #double_movement & #countermovement concepts through a case study of a #Chinese #wet_market doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Sajjad Ahamed finds China is building a #nuclear backstop that supports #prolonged competition below the #MajorWar threshold. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

New #JCCA publication by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard & Kasper Ingeman Beck on the relationship between #CCP and Chinese #PrivateBusiness

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs@jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Brødsgaard & Beck investigate the intricate relationship between #CCP and private businesses under #XJP using policy documents & 4 #Guangdong cases doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Through analyzing 200 People's Daily articles, Yezi Hu identifies underlying ideological hierarchies embedded in the framing of the twelve Socialist Core Values (SCVs). doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Dockendorff et al. analyze speeches of legislators & interventions of interest groups during the ratification procedures of the #FTAs signed by #Chile, #CostaRica, and #Ecuador with #China. doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Igor Sevenard's study reveals a persistent tension between China's rhetoric of “ #AI democratization” and concerns regarding digital #authoritarianism. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Gaziza Shakhanova finds that the #Russian #invasion of #Ukraine has intensified #China–Kazakhstan cooperation and improved public perceptions of China. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Villegas-Cruz's article introduces the Chinese Diplomatic Elite Biographical Dataset, covering over 800 “high-ranking” diplomats appointed 2012-2024. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Jiang Fu's article examines the reception and dissemination of Inamori Kazuo's ideas in CN business circles within the context of #Confucian revival. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Cheng's article analyses #Facebook #campaign messages of 7 candidates/leaders from different #Taiwanese political parties during the 2020 election. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Lo & Pan's article employs dialectical continuums to guide textual inquiries into the concept of #HolisticNationalSecurity #总体国家安全观. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

#China aims to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. In her book, @weilagong.bsky.social highlights how climate policy is shaped by mid‑level officials on the ground. Join us on 14 April for a discussion with Weila Gong, moderated by @chusinan.bsky.social ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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The new episode of our 开门见山 podcast is out! In the wake of the adoption of the new 'ethnic unity law', @yangyangcheng.bsky.social speaks with @dbyler.bsky.social and @rianthum.bsky.social on centuries of Islamic life in China, the repression in Xinjiang, and how identities survive state violence.

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This month, China’s National People’s Congress held its annual meeting and passed a new law on ‘promoting ethnic unity and progress’. The legislation further codifies the suppression of non-Han langua...

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A timely and important conversation between three brilliant folks about the history and current status of Islamic identity in China: @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @rianthum.bsky.social and @dbyler.bsky.social. Great stuff from @madeinchinajournal.com’s 开门见山 podcast!

Made in China Journal@madeinchinajournal.com · 6mo ago

The new episode of our 开门见山 podcast is out! In the wake of the adoption of the new 'ethnic unity law', @yangyangcheng.bsky.social speaks with @dbyler.bsky.social and @rianthum.bsky.social on centuries of Islamic life in China, the repression in Xinjiang, and how identities survive state violence.

🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (Volume 55 Issue 1, April 2026) is out! Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccaa/55/1 See replies for details of each contribution (6 research articles)

We will be adding more special collections in the coming months and years, so that #JCCA readers will have another way to search for articles of their interest.

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs@jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Check out our new #JCCA special collections! All articles are #OpenAccess, as always. @giga-hamburg.de @chusinan.bsky.social

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla and Roland Zeidler compare state- and nonstate-funded CN students in Germany based on a 2023 survey of 474 respondents doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Marcin Jacoby & Piotr Machajek analyze the critical responses to CCP narratives of scientific progress and social harmony in CN visual arts and literary texts doi.org/10.1177/1868...

"When a university's termination decision was informed by concerns about undue interference, this most often constituted a precaution in light of a subjectively anticipated undue interference risk, rather than a reaction to an actual, lived experience of undue interference."

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs@jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Polakiewicz & @evaseiwert.bsky.social analyzed the triggers that have led to #GermanUniversities reconsidering their relationships with #ConfuciusInstitutes doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Harlan et al. call for new approaches to engaging China’s aspiration to become a global environmental leader, while asserting clear expectations and responsibilities. doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Rochat challenges depictions of China's economic engagement in Africa as monolithic and centrally-directed with a new typology of Chinese capital journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...