Books
2016. Jing Chen, Useful Complaints: How Petitions Assist Decentralized Authoritarianism in China, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Reviewed at Asian Perspective, The China Quarterly, China Information, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and CNPolitics.
Chosen for inclusion in Rowman & Littlefield Select Collections
2003. Jing Chen and Hejie Li, translators, Tongwang Dongjing zhi Lu (The Road to Tokyo, by Keith Wheeler, World War II-TIME-LIFE BOOKS.ALEXANDERIA.VIRGINIA), Chinese Social Science Press and Hainan Press.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2025. Jing Chen, "Factors Influencing China's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations," Journal of Chinese Political Science. Vol.30, pp.289-321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-024-09891-5 (Full-text) [Stata Dataset and Do-file] (Online First, 2024)
2024. Jing Chen, "China's Puzzling Participation in the UN Peacekeeping Operations in Haiti," Asian Perspective, Vol. 48, No. 2 SPRING, pp.327-349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/apr.2024.a928619
2020. Jing Chen, “Environmental Education, Knowledge and Awareness in China: A Case of Xiamen University Students.” ASIANetwork Exchange 27(1): pp. 54–72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/ane.298 (full-text)
2016. Jing Chen, “Petitioning Beijing: Subnational Variation,” The Journal of Contemporary China, Vol.25, No.101, pp.760-776. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670564.2016.1160517
2012. Jing Chen, “Who Participates in Collective Petitions in Rural China,” Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol.17, No.3, pp.251-268. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11366-012-9201-7
2009. Jing Chen, “The Trial of Japanese War Criminals in China: The Paradox of Leniency,” China Information, Vol. 23, No.3, November. pp.447-472. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0920203X09345189
2009. Jing Chen, “Explaining the Change in China’s Attitude toward UN Peacekeeping: A Norm Change Perspective,” The Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 18, No. 58, January. pp.157-173. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670560802431891?journalCode=cjcc20
Book Chapters
2014. Jing Chen, “Petitioning as Policymaking: Chinese Rural Tax Reform,” in Democratization in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia? Local and National Perspectives, eds. By Kate Zhou, Shelley Rigger, and Lynn White, Routledge. pp.156-172.
2003. Jing Chen, “People’s Guard: an Interview with Officials in the Ministry of Public Security,” in Qianfan Shen, ed., What Kind of Talent Do We Need, Shenyang: Liaoning People Press. (in Chinese)
Book Reviews
2020. Jing Chen, Book review of Japanese war criminals: The politics of justice after the Second World War By Sandra Wilson, Robert Cribb, Beatrice Trefalt and Dean Aszkielowicz, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol.51, Issue 3, September. pp. 486-487. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000582
2018. Jing Chen, Book review of Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist States, by Hou Li, China Review International, DOI: 10.1353/cri.2016.0153.
2018. Jing Chen, Book review of Globalization and Welfare Restructuring in China: The Authoritarianism that Listens? by Huisheng Shou, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol. 23, No.1, March. pp.139-140. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11366-018-9532-0
Other Publications
2016. Jing Chen, "The Accountability System on Handling Petitions: A Key Pillar of Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Communist Party of China," Rowmanblog. http://rowmanblog.typepad.com/rowman/2016/11/the-accountability-system-on-handling-petitions-a-key-pillar-of-comprehensive-and-strict-governance-of-the-communist-party- o.html
2008. Jing Chen, “The Origin of the ‘History Issue’ between Japan and Other Asian States: A Case of Failed International Justice,” Perspectives: China and the World, Vol.9, No.3, Autumn. pp.128-137.