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

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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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
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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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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
🎉 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
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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
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@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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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April 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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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
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April 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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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
Ewa Cieślik. East Meets West: The Rise of Chinese Information and Communication Technology Servicification in European Manufacturing. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 54(1), 94-110. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Haiyan Huang & Lutgard Lams. “Together, We Achieve the China Dream”: Constructing Affective Chinese Nationalities in the Film My People, My Country. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 54(1), 73-93. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mette Thunø & Yiwen Wang. China’s Smart Diaspora Governance: Extraterritorial Social Control Through Digital Platforms. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 54(1), 48-72. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Elena Soboleva. International Migration Framing in the Global Times (2012–2022): Constructing Identity Narrative About the Self and the Other. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 54(1), 25-47. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Karl Yan & Yin Yang. Rethinking Two-Way Socialisation: Cultural Governance on Chinese Social Media Platforms. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 54(1), 3-24. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs | Volume 54 Issue 1, April 2025
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5 articles covering topics from cultural governance, int'l migration, diaspora governance, affective nationalism, and Chinese ICT in Europe.
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Friso M.S. Stevens - Gripped by Fear: China's Digital “Stability Maintenance” and Revanchist Emotional Nationalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“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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