OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Contemporary China is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Tracing the Path of Sino-Ukrainian Relations: From the Post-Soviet Era to the Russo-Ukrainian War	71
China’s Promotion of Knowledge Diffusion in Africa - a Case Study on Ethiopia’s Manufacturing Sector	49
Reforms and Inequality: Examining the Impact of China’s Primary Distribution System Reforms on Wage Inequality (1989–2015)	24
Reassessing Seoul’s “One China” Policy: South Korea-Taiwan “Unofficial” Relations after 30 Years (1992-2022)	24
China’s Political Discourse on the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands: The Evidence from People’s Daily (2010–2024)	24
Is China Truly the Spokesperson for Developing Countries? An Examination of China’s Voting Position with Africa in the United Nations Security Council	23
New Clientelism in Urban China: Broker-Based Evasions in Residential Property Market	20
Explaining ‘Grey Capital’: The Sociology of Transnational Chinese Companies and Crime in Thailand	19
The Scholar and the Ghost: Thucydides, China’s Rise, and Major Power War	16
The Sino-American Struggle for Normative Security: The Strategic Framing and Shaping of Alignment of Belief in the Human Rights Council During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Navigating Through The Fog: Reflexive Accounts on Researching China’s Digital Surveillance, Censorship, and Other Sensitive Topics	15
Political Events and Cultural Othering: Impact of Protests and Elections on Identities in Post-Handover Hong Kong, 1997–2021	15
China-India Face-offs: How Does Reputation Matter in Crisis Management?	15
Public Consultation and Policy Change in China’s Cyber Governance	14
NPC Amendments: Understanding Drivers of Bill Revision in the Chinese National Legislature	14
Understanding Generational Shifts and Democratic Support in China: Value Change Vs. Life Satisfaction	14
Peaceful Reunification or Else: Untangling the China-Taiwan Gordian Knot	13
China’s Interventions in ‘Gray Special Economic Zones’ in Southeast Asia’s Borderlands	13
Public Opinion on Chinese Foreign Aid Policy: Calculated Opposition or General Discontent?	13
Imported Nationalism: How Foreign Influencers and Local Followers Amplify the Chinese Dream in Weibo’s Attention Economy	13
Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China: When Beijing’s Global Ambitions Meet Local Realities	13
The Logic of Stability Maintenance in China’s NGO Governance: Balancing Weiwen Through Incorporation and Suppression	12
The Dynamics of Anti-Corruption Campaigns in China: An Empirical Study of the Official Rank-Punishment Nexus in the Context of Political and Legal Changes	12
Toward a Perfection of Nuclear Strategy: China’s Adoption of Limited Nuclear Deterrence in the Xi Jinping Era	11
The Political Logic of the Developmental State: Causes of Hits and Misses in China’s Industrial Policies	11

International Dispute Resolution of BRI-Related Cases: Changes and Challenges	11
Policy Feedback Loop: Central-Local Interactions in China’s International Economic Policy	11
Chinese Re-Examinations of Russia? The Strategic Partnership in the Wake of Russia’s War Against Ukraine	10
China, Africa, and the Market for Donkeys: Why Did the African Union Ban the Ejiao -Linked Donkey Hide Trade?	10
Navigating Uncertainty: The Use of Expert Deliberation in China’s Policymaking	10
‘I Am Patriotic, but…’: The Political Disclaimer as a Social Media Strategy in China	10
Efficacy of China’s Soft Power in Nigeria: Impact of Personal Engagement and Media Exposure on Lagos Residents’ Attitude Towards China	10
China’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics: Policy Development in an Emergent Community of Practice	9
‘Hold on to the Green Horse’: Popular Imaginations of the Health Code and the Cultivation of Algocratic Attunement in China in the COVID Era	9
Confrontation versus Coexistence: The Dynamics of Australia-China Ideological Relations 1996-2022	9
The Anti-Corruption Campaign, Luxury Consumption, and Regime Trust in China: Changing Patterns of Perceived Political Risk and Their Consequences	8
The Rising China is Not a ‘Sick Man’ Anymore: Cultural Nationalism in the Xi Jinping Era	8
Stability Maintenance and the ‘Three Evils’: Framing China’s Role in Central Asia	8
Zero-COVID or Coexistence? It is a Question: Examining Ideological Factors Underlying the Chinese Public’s Attitude to Health Policies	8
Bereaved Single-Child Parents as the Focus of Family Planning Officials: State Support, Social Stability, and the Unresolved Consequences of China’s One-Child Policy	8
Butter or Guns: Taiwan’s Economic Policy Toward China	8
Differential Coalescing: Re-Building the Coalition for ‘Single Women’s’ Reproductive Rights in China	8
From Epidemic to Pandemic: Social Identity Salience and Regime Legitimacy in China	8
The Multilevel Politics of County-to-District Mergers in China	8
Explaining Chinese Military Coercion in Sino-Indian Border Disputes	8
China Plans for ‘Total War’: Developing the Capacity to Defeat the ‘Strong Enemy’ of the United States	7
Marketization, Authoritarian Government, and Nonprofit Scaling-Up in China: A Case of Adolescent Sexuality Education	7
Empathetic Solidarity: How Chinese English-Language Media Portrays Urban Community Participation	7
Limited Power-Sharing in a Personalized Regime: Xi Jinping’s Strategic Retreat from Local Politics	7
Unpacking China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: A Text-As-Data Approach	7
Rising Powers and Normative Resistance: China, India, and the Responsibility to Protect	7
Impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Nation-Building in Pakistan: A Case Study of Balochistan	7
The Domestic Mechanisms of China’s Vertical Multilateralism: The FOCAC and the 16+1 Format Case Studies	7
Measuring and Forecasting the Rise of China: Reality over Image	7
China, Gaza War and Competitive Shaming: Between Condemnation and Constraints	7
Unlocking China’s Banking Competition: The Role of Clan Culture	7
From Hu’s Outward-Looking Pragmatism to Xi’s Ambitious Nationalist Leninism: Contrasting Agendas in Politburo Collective Study Sessions	7
Centralized Control and Dispersed Mandates: The Multiple Institutional Logics Behind Lenient Local Discipline in China	6
Social Resources Transfer Program under China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy: Rural Social Structure and Local Politics	6
Understanding Environmental Governance in China Through the Green Shield Action Campaign	6
The Rise and Fall of a New Cold War: The US–China Great Power Rivalry from President Trump I to II	6
The Rise of Pro-Regime Intellectuals and Their Mass Persuasion Strategies on China’s Internet	6
Attitudes Toward Income Inequality in China: Revisiting the Concern About Inequality from a Comparative Perspective	6
Repenetrating the Rural Periphery: Party Building Under China’s Anti-Poverty Campaign	6
Financial Statecraft in the Digital Age: FinTech and the Institutional Shifts in China’s Cross-Border Payment Sector Since 1993	6
Urban Management in Authoritarian China: How the Smart City is Used to Enhance Comprehensive Law Enforcement	6