Audrye Wong and I have a piece in @wsj.com today on the logic of China's recent economic retaliation against Japan. Drawing on our research, we examine actions China has taken so far and what might come next in the escalating spat triggered by Takaichi's Taiwan comment. www.wsj.com/opinion/chin...

Opinion | China Revives Economic Coercion to Punish Japan

Beijing wields travel advisories and import bans rather than formal sanctions.

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New open access article in @journalofgss.bsky.social on how China and Russia (similarly!) use economic sanctions. Using new data, I disaggregate 53 CN and 50 RU cases from 2000-23 to look at ~300 separate sanctions, examining 6 mechanisms of implementation and their dynamics. doi.org/10.1093/jogs...