Journal of Contemporary China

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Contemporary China is 13. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
External Coercion, Internal Accommodation: China’s Wedge Strategies Towards the Vietnam-United States Partnership, 2013–202244
Chinese Data Governance and Trade Policy: From Cyber Sovereignty to the Quest for Digital Hegemony?33
Amity, Security, Influence: Explaining China’s Policy Toward Afghanistan, 1949–202431
Political Discourse in Chinese Urban Community: Pragmatic Utility and Ideological Fatigue25
A Unique Path of Political Development: The Confucian Dialectic of Domestic and International Interaction in the History of the Communist Party of China23
‘Security Is a Prerequisite for Development’: Consensus-Building toward a New Top Priority in the Chinese Communist Party22
Butter or Guns: Taiwan’s Economic Policy Toward China19
Counterframing, Blame Avoidance, and China’s Rhetorical Response to ‘Debt-Trap Diplomacy’18
Stability Maintenance and the ‘Three Evils’: Framing China’s Role in Central Asia17
What Do We See When Looking at China’s Engagements in Africa? An Analysis of Mainstream Academic Perspectives15
A Retrospective Analysis of the Major Driving Forces and Triggering Events behind China’s Cooperation in Sino-Kazakh Cross-border River Negotiations15
In the Eyes of the Beholder: How China and the US See Each Other13
How Politics ‘Messed up with’ Institutionalization: A Case Study of the Investigation into the Death of Li Wenliang during the Initial Months of COVID-1913
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