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Is there a Political “Left” or “Right” in China? Charting China’s Ideological Spectrum

Analysis of hundreds of thousands of survey responses reveals that ideological positions in China do not align neatly along a left-right divide, but do reflect important economic, political, and nationalistic preferences of China’s body politic
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User Location Disclosure Fails to Deter Overseas Criticism but Amplifies Regional Divisions on China’s Social Media
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To curb "malign foreign influence,” China's authorities required social media platforms to disclose the locations of commenters. What happened then?
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Propaganda from the Bottom Up: How Government Messaging in China Reaches Fragmented Social Media Audiences
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How does China’s government reach online audiences with centralized messaging in an era of ever more decentralized content production?
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Assessing China’s “National Model” Social Credit System
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Researchers study a city-level social credit system known as a “national model” that tracks the widest scope of behavior of any such system in China
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Speaking with One Voice: The Growth of CCP-authored News Media in China
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How common is government-scripted propaganda in China’s commercialized but Party-controlled press?
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Does Expelling Foreign Journalists Change News Coverage of China?
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In spring 2020, China expelled 19 journalists from three leading U.S. newspapers. Did U.S. news coverage of China change?
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How Do Narratives of Historical Victimization in China Shape National Identity and Regime Support?
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New research explores how the promotion of a “victimization narrative” in China affects national identity, foreign policy, and regime support
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Can China Sell the “China Model” to a Global Audience?
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A new study explores the effectiveness of China’s state media to promote its political and economic model abroad
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Information Control and Public Support for China’s Social Credit System
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What is the role of state information control in generating public support for China’s social credit system?
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How Does Information Flow from the World into China?
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Recent analysis explores the role of social media in the transnational flow of information into China
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How Do the Chinese People View the “West”? Divergence and Asymmetry in China’s Public Opinion of the U.S. and Europe
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Analysis of recent public opinion survey data reveals sharp differences in how people in China and the "West" view each other
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Does Bypassing Internet Censorship in China Change Individual Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors?
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Groundbreaking research explores how access to uncensored internet in China affects acquisition of politically sensitive info, beliefs, and behaviors
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Who Supports Social Credit Systems in China?
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Researchers investigate how people in China think about the expanding use of social credit systems to monitor and punish behavior
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The Impact of COVID-19 on American Attitudes toward China
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How much did the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic trigger a decline in American attitudes toward China?
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Trends in Global Attitudes toward China
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Have China’s efforts to boost its soft power around the world been successful?
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