On Authoritarian Governance and Grassroots Politics in China:
‘Supervising Local Cadres in China: The Quest for Authoritarian Accountability,” Politics and Society (2023, online first).
‘Social Embeddedness and Protest Avoidance: Evidence from China,’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, co-authored with Wang Zhengxu and Li Xiaoyuan, first author (2023, online first).
‘Social Accountability under Authoritarianism: Public Supervision of Local Governments in China,’ China Information 34(1), pp.3-23 (2020).
‘Social Accountability in Contemporary China,’ in Wang Zhengxu and Dragan Pavlićević (eds.). Social Relations and Political Development in China (London: Routledge, 2020).
‘Citizen–Media Interaction in China’s Local Participatory Reform: A Contingent Participation Model,’’ Journal of Contemporary China 27(109), pp.120-136, co-authored with Zhang Xiaoling and Stephen Morgan, first author (2018).
‘Understanding Civil Society Research in China Studies: Paradigms Revisited,” China Studies (中国研究) 22(1), pp.160-179 (2017).
‘Dialect TV Programs and Local Media Politics in Contemporary China: The Case of Baixiao Talk Show," Communication and Society (傳播與社會學刊) 37, pp.161-189, (2016).
On Political Attitudes, Behaviors and Mentalities of Chinese Citizens:
‘Comparative Evidence on Cultural Variability in Authoritarianism: An Ethical and Relational Perspective,’ Politics (2022, online first).
‘Identity Premium on Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Communist Party Membership in China,’ Social Science Journal 59 (4), pp. 616-629, co-authored with Lu Yuanping and Bao Kun, corresponding author (2022).
‘Postmaterialism: Imposed Etic and Western Centrism,” Social Sciences Abroad (国外社会科学) 1, 33-43 (2022).
‘Political Culture and Political Development," in Guo Sujian (ed.). Studies of Political Development Theories and Practice in Transformational China (转型中国的政治发展理论与实践研究) (Shanghai: Gezhi Press, 2022).
‘Rules Consciousness or Rights Consciousness? A Structural Equation Model of the Relationship between Sociopolitical Values and the Protest Potential among Chinese Citizens,’ Journal of Chinese Political Science 25, pp.457–476 (2020).
Ongoing Projects:
Pathway to Power: How Socialization Reinforces Authoritarianism, with Liu Dan at ANU (agent-based models under construction).
Understanding Poverty in Liangshan Yi: Political Inequality Within and Without (planning fieldwork).
How the Chinese Communist Party Solved the Warlord Problem, with Wang Zhengxu at Zhejiang University (analytical framework established).
Regional Difference of Political Mentalities in Chinese Citizens (data mining).