- The Politics of China's 'Rule of Law (Op-ed, March 2019)
- Making China Communist Again? (Op-ed, January 2019)
- Blandness, Bathos, or Brashness? Choosing Pathways to Validity and Relevance for Chinese Politics Research (Essay, September 2018)
- Labor Politics (Reference Article, 2018)
- The Abolition of the Two-Term Limit: A Sea Change? (Op-ed, April 2018)
- Treating What Ails the Study of Chinese Politics (Essay, September 2017)
- Drifting Apart? Prospects for Partnership and Confrontation between the U.S. and China through the Lens of History (Essay, May 2017)
- China's Critical Year (Op-ed, April 2017)
- The Chinese Working Class: Made, Unmade, in Itself, for Itself, or None of the Above? (Essay, September 2016)
- End the Extracurricular Arms Race (Op-ed, April 2016)
- Political Inertia Stalls China's Economic Reforms (Op-ed, October 2015)
- Chinese Labor Divided (Essay, April 2015)
- China's Weakness on Display in Stalemate over Hong Kong Protests (Op-ed, October 2014)
- China's Hong Kong Headache (Op-ed, October 2014)
- China's Corruption Crackdown Incompatible with Rule of Law (Op-ed, July 2014)
- Chinese Factory Strike Portends Global Workplace Challenges (Op-ed, April 2014)
- Social Unrest (Reference Article, 2013)
- Using Sub-National Comparison to Study Chinese Politics (Essay, October 2010)
- Orphans of Progress: Workers and Political Discourse in Post-Socialist China (Essay, February 2010)
- Taiwan's Foreign Policy (Reference Article, 2001)