Pub Date : 2023-04-19DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2202629
Xinhui Jiang, Sarah Eaton, Genia Kostka
ABSTRACT China’s ‘Xi-Li era’ is said to be defined by both the concentration of power in the center and the strengthening of Party authority. In this paper, we ask whether these trends have been evident in local appointment practices since Xi Jinping took office in 2013. By comparing the career histories of 3,682 prefectural mayors and Party Secretaries under the Hu-Wen and Xi-Li administrations, we find that while appointment practices have shifted, the observed changes are not wholly consistent with the center- and Party-strengthening narratives. First, developments in the Xi-Li era suggest that while provincial authorities are increasingly using prefectural appointments for their own ends, the center remains high and far away in these decisions. Second, we do not find evidence that cadres with a strong Party background have a particular advantage in the Xi period. Instead, cadres with strong track records in key functional xitong, particularly those with an economic profile, are still the most likely to attain leadership positions. These findings contribute to the current debate on the nature of power reconfigurations unfolding in Xi’s China.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-14DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2199680
Wei Chen, Peng-xiang Chen
{"title":"Old Wine in New Bottles: Discourse Articulation and China’s Ideological Adaptation in the Time of Transition","authors":"Wei Chen, Peng-xiang Chen","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2199680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2199680","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47595041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-10DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2201170
Baohui Zhang
{"title":"Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: China’s Varied Responses to US Strategic Competition","authors":"Baohui Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2201170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2201170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59730767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-10DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2200396
{"title":"Lips and Teeth: China’s Buffer Thinking Toward North Korea","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2200396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2200396","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42604389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2193150
Emilie Tran
{"title":"Twitter, public diplomacy and social power in soft-balancing China–France relations","authors":"Emilie Tran","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2193150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2193150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42151679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2196507
Yuleng Zeng
{"title":"Riding the Trojan Horse? EU Accession and Chinese Investment in CEE Countries","authors":"Yuleng Zeng","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2196507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2196507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44059980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2196514
Virginie Arantes
{"title":"Towards a Green Nationalism with Chinese Characteristics?","authors":"Virginie Arantes","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2196514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2196514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41497301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2196508
Rogier Creemers
{"title":"The Chinese Conception of Cybersecurity: A Conceptual, Institutional and Regulatory Genealogy","authors":"Rogier Creemers","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2196508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2196508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44961786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-29DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2023.2195811
M. Thunø, K. Nielbo
{"title":"The Initial Digitalization of Chinese Diplomacy (2019–2021): Establishing Global Communication Networks on Twitter","authors":"M. Thunø, K. Nielbo","doi":"10.1080/10670564.2023.2195811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2195811","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary China","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45860846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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