Since the new leadership led by Xi Jinping started to govern China in 2013, regime has launched a massive anti-corruption campaign. Is this campaign able curb corruption China? Minxin Pei...

Autocracies can conduct “strategic censorship” online by selectively targeting different types of content and adjusting the level information control. While studies have confirmed state’s selective behavior in censorship, few empirically examined how autocracies may adjust control level. Using data with a 6-year span, this paper tests whether Chinese state scales up over citizenry complaints reaction to series socio-political events. The results show that instead responding mass protests...

With the advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), prognosis chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) seems to have dramatically improved over last two decades. Accurate information global burden CML is critical for direct health policy and healthcare resource allocation in era high-cost TKI therapy.This study aimed evaluate at global, regional, national levels from 1990 2017.We collected data between 2017 Global Burden Disease (GBD) including, annual incidence, disease-related mortality,...

How can autocrats boost public support for wars? Previous studies have suggested that in democracies, the changes its war attitude either through rational cost–benefit calculations or simply by following cues from political elites. This article argues follow a similar logic to manipulate via nationalist propaganda. Based on two online survey experiments with textual and musical propaganda materials mainland China, this finds bolsters war, regarding potential military conflict across Taiwan...

Abstract Recent literature claims that China censors information has the potential to ignite collective action. This article extends this finding by arguing Chinese respond differently political challenges than they do performance challenges. Political call into questioning Party's leading role, whereas are directed at failures of public goods provisions. A survey experiment about 60 media professionals finds inclined block and tolerate criticism government's performance. However, when...

Abstract To what extent do expert opinions affect public opinion in policy making? While most existing studies were conducted democracies, experts' influence under authoritarian settings is still understudied. This paper examines how and vocational affiliation attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) food China. Through a survey experiment with over 1600 respondents, we find that endorsement can increase support for GM but their opposition exerts no influence. Different affiliations not...

This article examines two competing theories explaining the effects of political satire on citizens in an authoritarian context. The “activism” proposition argues that works as a form resistance to erode people’s support for regime and encourages collective action. “cynicism” while discourages support, it also participation. Our online survey experiment young Chinese Internet users provides evidence supporting cynicism proposition. Satire consumption reduces audiences’ trust, deflates their...

Autocrats selectively tolerate political criticism, which may erode regime support. The literature suggests that regimes contain criticism by encouraging more supportive voices, but the mechanisms remain unclear. We theorize two mechanisms: winning supporters (persuasion) or mobilizing existing to speak out (mobilization). These can be created censoring evidence supports and adopting propaganda arouse nationalism promise material gains. conducted survey experiments in China with a novel...

In recent years, China has attempted to expand its international power by initiating projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This article scrutinizes potential obstacles China's expansion from a public opinion perspective. It argues that domestic may pose two challenges. First, xenophobic sentiments stimulate opposition inflow of foreigners encourage social conflict. Second, biased distribution resources between Chinese citizens enhances sense inequality relative deprivation....

How do racial and gender stereotypes affect immigration attitudes? Studies on this topic have focused primarily developed rather than developing countries. To close the gap, we explore phenomenon in China, a economy that is evolving from source of emigration to destination with its citizens having little direct experience immigrants. Via two waves survey experiments over 4,000 respondents, find cues female immigrants increase public approval liberal policies, while Black discourage them....

Abstract Using a detailed case study of house eviction in peri-urban China as well original data from an online survey experiment, this article explores the opportunistic bargaining phenomenon which citizens leverage policy priorities authorities with tactics that are not approved by state to bargain for goals beyond those promised state. We find is widely accepted Chinese and such inclination encouraged successful precedents clear signals opening through government priorities; however, it...

Self-censorship is subtle and difficult to observe, but its effects are potent pernicious. We argue that policies encouraging self-censorship not only make it easier stifle critical viewpoints, they also disadvantage those on the periphery of politics power. Our guiding intuition actors without a connection regime have an informational about what off limits, which causes them self-censor greater extent than with more proximate links regime. explore this hypothesis through case China, one...

Previous studies in China's policy process have paid limited attention to public perceptions of experts. Through an original survey, we explore attitudes on expertise, i.e., the merits expert opinion and autonomy. We find that professional experience is most important criterion which respondents evaluate The higher a respondent's political trust is, more likely he or she recognize benefits experts may offer. also underlying populist tendency towards role making, general agree will people...

Using a sample of 49 countries, Rafael La Porta et al ((1997) 52 Journal Finance 1131) showed that countries whose legal rules originate in the common-law tradition tend to protect investors considerably more than civil-law, and especially French tradition, with German civil-law Scandinavian taking an intermediate stance toward investor protection. The concentration ownership al's research is treated as adaptive response poor In this article, we use evidence from China other places...

The previous literature suggests that citizens calculate the benefits of immigrants by assessing their impact on economic prospects. This paper argues a type social demand–the demand for marriage–also induces support more liberal immigration policies. We conducted survey experiment with 3,000 adults in China, where population faces shortage women marriage market. respondents were assigned to four groups, namely, control group, group low-skilled worker cues, high-skilled and market crisis...

Previous studies have suggested that immigrants using the language of their host country can increase native citizens' support for immigration. However, it is unclear whether effect differs in developing world with limited immigration experience, and underlying mechanism also debatable. Incorporating stereotype content model (SCM), our study proposes usage immigrants' perceived warmth competence, affecting local public's approval different ways. We conduct a survey experiment over 2100...