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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
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#OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de Focusing on current development and emerging topics in Greater China

Publisher: SAGE @sagepub.com

Editors-in-Chief:
Kerry Brown and Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social‬
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CCA
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It is official! #JCCA is coming to the #WoS Web of Science's Emerging Sources Citation Index #ESCI. A big thank you to all the authors, reviewers, the editorial board, and the partnership between @giga-hamburg.de & @lauchinainstitute.bsky.social for making it happen

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🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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Zhang and Chew analyse “ #guanxi work processes” in Chinese banquets.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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@christiangoebel.bsky.social and Chen examine how CN local authorities monitor subordinates and enforce “civilised” behaviour among the population.

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November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (Volume 54 Issue 3, December 2025) is out!

Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccaa/54/3

See replies for details of each contribution (6 research articles + 4 analyses)

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - Volume 54, Number 3
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November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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Jørgen Delman examines how Xu Zhiyong's political activism prompted the party-state to suppress him with specifically designed governance tools.

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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The recent study by Tabitha Speelman @tabithaspeelman.bsky.social "Skilled Migrants Wanted? Policy Tensions in the Implementation of Shanghai’s 'New Talent Regime'" gives a good overview of the difficulty of international talent migrating to China

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September 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de

Weiwen Yu and Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social analyse 213,435 #Weibo posts to trace how engagement with the digital memorial for Dr. #WenliangLi evolved journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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New issue of @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social out! A decade after the #BeltAndRoadInitiative’s launch, this special issue shows the complexity not only of the idea itself but also of China’s global influence and the range of attitudes and responses to it.

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New Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 2/2025
A decade after the Belt and Road Initiative’s launch, this special issue shows the complexity not only of the idea itself but also of China’s global influence and the range of attitudes and responses ...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs | Volume 54 Issue 2, August 2025 | Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccaa/54/2

Special Issue: Belt and Road Initiative – 10 Years On
Guest Editor: Kerry Brown & @chusinan.bsky.social

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August 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de

David O’Brien & Melissa Shani Brown explore how #CCP #narratives around #Xinjiang are perpetuated via seemingly apolitical texts produced by non-government actors journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de

@chizhang.bsky.social investigates the politics of terrorism designation in China using the case of 'Xianzhong' incidents journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It is official! #JCCA is coming to the #WoS Web of Science's Emerging Sources Citation Index #ESCI. A big thank you to all the authors, reviewers, the editorial board, and the partnership between @giga-hamburg.de & @lauchinainstitute.bsky.social for making it happen

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August 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Yao Song and Xiao Tan examine how and why the Chinese central government has intensified its engagement with #Shenzhen under Xi Jinping. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Ayesha Khalid Chaudhry examine how Pakistani think tanks legitimised policy decisions on China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (#CPEC)

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July 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Tabitha Speelman investigates the selective implementation of Shanghai's “new talent regime,” a set of experimental policies to attract skilled migrants
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May 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🔔New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Monique Taylor analyses how China's RMB strategy is reshaping global systems of exchange, across finance, trade, and payments. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
⏰ Abstract due in one month for #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs #OpenAccess Special Issue:

"China’s Expanding Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development Financing, Public Perceptions, and Strategic Partnerships"

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Full CfP below 👇
May 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In light of the recent escalating conflict between #India and #Pakistan, it is particularly important to examine the public sentiments toward #China from its southern neighbor. Shirin Naseer's recent piece in #JCCA is an excellent example.

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May 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
⏰ ONE week left to submit your abstract 📝

Special Issue “Risk Management and Future Pathways in Higher Education and Research Collaboration with China”

Sigrun Abels, Tania Becker & Tingyu Song
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Deadline: May 02, 2025
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⏰ Still one month to submit your abstract 📝

Special Issue “Risk Management and Future Pathways in Higher Education and Research Collaboration with China”

Sigrun Abels, Tania Becker & Tingyu Song @tuberlin.bsky.social

Deadline: May 02, 2025
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“Risk Management and Future Pathways in Higher Education and Research Collaboration with China” will be edited by Dr. Sigrun Abels, Dr. Tania Becker, & Ms. Song Tingyu from China Center, TU Berlin
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April 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
All articles are #OpenAccess, also available to view/download from the journal's website journals.sagepub.com/toc/CCA/curr...

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April 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
⏰ Only *ONE WEEK* left to submit your abstract for the JCCA Special Issue"Digital China 🛜: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society" (Drs. DeChun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social & Wenting Yu)

Deadline: April 25, 2025

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📣 Call for Papers 📣

JCCA Special Issue "Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society" will be guest-edited by Dr. Dechun Zhang (Uni Copenhagen) and Dr. Wenting Yu (Hong Kong Polytechnic)

Abstract deadline: April 25, 2025

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I with Dr. Wenting Yu are organizing a special issue at @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social (journals.sagepub.com/page/cca/cal...) titled “Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society.” Please consider submitting and spreading the word. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me
April 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Zhu Zhang & Christopher Carothers - “One Team, Two Nameplates”: Why China's Ruling Institutions Are Increasingly Taking on Dual Identities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What's trending in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs?

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April 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

Anthony Chinonso Ajah & Jonah Isaac Onuoha - China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Infrastructure Development in Nigeria
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April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
⏰ Still one month to submit your abstract 📝

Special Issue “Risk Management and Future Pathways in Higher Education and Research Collaboration with China”

Sigrun Abels, Tania Becker & Tingyu Song @tuberlin.bsky.social

Deadline: May 02, 2025
@giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com
@chusinan.bsky.social
“Risk Management and Future Pathways in Higher Education and Research Collaboration with China” will be edited by Dr. Sigrun Abels, Dr. Tania Becker, & Ms. Song Tingyu from China Center, TU Berlin
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April 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM