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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🍁 Interested in listening to experts unpack #China's #Digital_Nationalism, #AI_Strategy, and Global #Knowledge_Production about China this coming fall 🍁 ? Tune in to our online #GIGA_China_Series, hosted by GIGA Hamburg 🇩🇪 @giga-hamburg.de Registration: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs To & Lee propose 'state-directed #techno-capitalism' to explain unique institutional features & state–capital relations in CN #semiconductor industry. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Anna-Sophie Heidemann finds that CN citizens are more likely to self-censor when survey items align with the CCP's official discourse. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Björn Alpermann studies two much-debated categories: “families who lost their only child” (shidu jiating) and “empty-nest elderly” (kongchao laoren). doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Zhang, Chen & Gao analyzed how #China constructs its corporate and social #identities in #global_data_governance between 2012 and 2025. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Lin Zhang investigates hashtag-centred action during the 227 controversy on #Weibo following the 2020 blocking of Archive of Our Own in China. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Yuxing Liang investigates the impact of local leaders’ #patronage status on ﬁrms’ research and development #R&D activities in China. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Xue et al. examine Chinese int'l students’ (CISs’) participation in Australian party politics and election campaigns under the “China panic” climate. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @row-a.bsky.social Alcock interrogates #Polanyi's #double_movement & #countermovement concepts through a case study of a #Chinese #wet_market doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Sajjad Ahamed finds China is building a #nuclear backstop that supports #prolonged competition below the #MajorWar threshold. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New #JCCA publication by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard & Kasper Ingeman Beck on the relationship between #CCP and Chinese #PrivateBusiness

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Through analyzing 200 People's Daily articles, Yezi Hu identifies underlying ideological hierarchies embedded in the framing of the twelve Socialist Core Values (SCVs). doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Dockendorff et al. analyze speeches of legislators & interventions of interest groups during the ratification procedures of the #FTAs signed by #Chile, #CostaRica, and #Ecuador with #China. doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Igor Sevenard's study reveals a persistent tension between China's rhetoric of “ #AI democratization” and concerns regarding digital #authoritarianism. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Gaziza Shakhanova finds that the #Russian #invasion of #Ukraine has intensified #China–Kazakhstan cooperation and improved public perceptions of China. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Villegas-Cruz's article introduces the Chinese Diplomatic Elite Biographical Dataset, covering over 800 “high-ranking” diplomats appointed 2012-2024. @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Jiang Fu's article examines the reception and dissemination of Inamori Kazuo's ideas in CN business circles within the context of #Confucian revival. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Cheng's article analyses #Facebook #campaign messages of 7 candidates/leaders from different #Taiwanese political parties during the 2020 election. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Lo & Pan's article employs dialectical continuums to guide textual inquiries into the concept of #HolisticNationalSecurity #总体国家安全观. doi.org/10.1177/1868... @giga-hamburg.de @journals.sagepub.com

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 01/04/2026

#China aims to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. In her book, @weilagong.bsky.social highlights how climate policy is shaped by mid‑level officials on the ground. Join us on 14 April for a discussion with Weila Gong, moderated by @chusinan.bsky.social ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A timely and important conversation between three brilliant folks about the history and current status of Islamic identity in China: @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @rianthum.bsky.social and @dbyler.bsky.social. Great stuff from @madeinchinajournal.com’s 开门见山 podcast!

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🎉 New #OpenAccess Issue of #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (Volume 55 Issue 1, April 2026) is out! Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccaa/55/1 See replies for details of each contribution (6 research articles)

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We will be adding more special collections in the coming months and years, so that #JCCA readers will have another way to search for articles of their interest.

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla and Roland Zeidler compare state- and nonstate-funded CN students in Germany based on a 2023 survey of 474 respondents doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Marcin Jacoby & Piotr Machajek analyze the critical responses to CCP narratives of scientific progress and social harmony in CN visual arts and literary texts doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

"When a university's termination decision was informed by concerns about undue interference, this most often constituted a precaution in light of a subjectively anticipated undue interference risk, rather than a reaction to an actual, lived experience of undue interference."

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Harlan et al. call for new approaches to engaging China’s aspiration to become a global environmental leader, while asserting clear expectations and responsibilities. doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Rochat challenges depictions of China's economic engagement in Africa as monolithic and centrally-directed with a new typology of Chinese capital journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"Drawing on national survey data collected during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in China, we show that Hubei residents and non-state-sector workers were more likely to experience job insecurity and income loss, two crucial risk factors for mental distress. "

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"This study identifies two variations of guanxi work processes. [...] The first pattern features a style of guanxi work that stresses the declaration of pseudo-kin or friendship, ritualistic toasting and drinking, and top-down driven emotion work."

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Always good to see a new bit of descriptive linguistic work on one of the minoritized languages of Tibet - this time on Easter Minyag. ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

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A Descriptive Grammar of Eastern Minyag: An Undescribed Tibeto- Burman Language

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

What's trending in #JCCA Journal of Current #Chinese Affairs? @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Check out these trendy articles here: journals.sagepub.com/home/cca

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Come to work at @giga-hamburg.de as our #AI and #DigitalResearch Officer! Job ads see below

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 18/11/2025

#JobOpportunity at GIGA's IT Department: We seek to appoint an #AI and #DigitalResearch Officer (m/f/d). The successful candidate will support the development and implementation of AI-based services and digital research tools at the #GIGA. ➡️ Info and application: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/ai...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🗣️ Join us online on Monday, 01 December 2025, at 11:00 am (CET) to listen to Prof. Matteo Dian and Prof. Silvia Menegazzi unpacking #China's #GSI, #GDI, and #GCI. Dr. Sebastian Biba will moderate the talk. @giga-hamburg.de events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6b0d76...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"By involving citizens as both participants in and targets of oversight, the platform attempts to create a system of mutual surveillance where citizens monitor each other and report misconduct, while ofﬁcials are held accountable for addressing public complaints."

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The December issue of #JCCA is out! Many thanks to all the authors and reviewers for their hard work!

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 04/11/2025

🌐 Global IR Series: Join #GIGA conversation with guests on how #GlobalIR can move beyond Western-centric views. We’ll explore analytical eclecticism, area studies, and inclusive approaches to world politics. 🗓️ 6 Nov | 4 p.m.📍 Online ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co... #InternationalRelations

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This event series delves into the evolving field of Global International Relations, highlighting research and practices at GIGA and beyond. It examines how IR can move beyond Western-centric framework...

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 29/10/2025

#Job opportunity at the #GIGA: We seek to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in #DevelopmentEconomics, working on economic & political impacts of geo-economic fragmentation & #geopolitics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, or Middle East. ➡️ Apply now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) Development Economics

The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) Development Economics Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibility of...

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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Jørgen Delman examines how Xu Zhiyong's political activism prompted the party-state to suppress him with specifically designed governance tools. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 07/10/2025

Who shapes the future of the Horn of #Africa? At our next #GIGATalk, leading experts will discuss how alliances, both global and regional, are influencing political and economic developments in the Horn of Africa. 📅 Thursday, 9 Oct in Berlin ➡️ Register now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...

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New Alliances in the Horn of Africa: Navigating Global and Regional Competition

The Horn of Africa is in flux: new alignments, regional rivalries, and global involvement are reshaping prospects for peace and stability. What do these shifts mean for Germany, the EU, and their role...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The recent study by Tabitha Speelman @tabithaspeelman.bsky.social "Skilled Migrants Wanted? Policy Tensions in the Implementation of Shanghai’s 'New Talent Regime'" gives a good overview of the difficulty of international talent migrating to China doi.org/10.1177/1868...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

In case you are in Vancouver this Friday (Sep 26), I will be giving a talk around noon time (12.30-2.30 pm) on knowledge decolonisation and identity politics in Chinese IR at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia/UBC. sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Join us online on 30 September 2025, 2.00 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. (CET) to hear Lina Benabdallah talk about China's influence in the Global South, moderated by Julia Gurol-Haller. A 45-minute Q&A will follow the talk. #GIGAChinaSeries @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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Discover how China draws on shared histories, emotional resonance, and nostalgia to shape its influence in the Global South. In this talk, Lina Benabdallah explores how Silk Road memories and anti-col...

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Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

My new paper, Digital Mourning and Civic Engagement: Emotional Dynamics on China’s Virtual Wailing Wall shows Dr. Li Wenliang’s Weibo wall shifted from talk to grief & remembrance under censorship, regions & diaspora, in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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