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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Tracing the Path of Sino-Ukrainian Relations: From the Post-Soviet Era to the Russo-Ukrainian War	57
China’s Promotion of Knowledge Diffusion in Africa - a Case Study on Ethiopia’s Manufacturing Sector	41
Reforms and Inequality: Examining the Impact of China’s Primary Distribution System Reforms on Wage Inequality (1989–2015)	32
Reassessing Seoul’s “One China” Policy: South Korea-Taiwan “Unofficial” Relations after 30 Years (1992-2022)	27
New Clientelism in Urban China: Broker-Based Evasions in Residential Property Market	26
Political Events and Cultural Othering: Impact of Protests and Elections on Identities in Post-Handover Hong Kong, 1997–2021	23
The Scholar and the Ghost: Thucydides, China’s Rise, and Major Power War	22
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	21
Explaining ‘Grey Capital’: The Sociology of Transnational Chinese Companies and Crime in Thailand	19
Is China Truly the Spokesperson for Developing Countries? An Examination of China’s Voting Position with Africa in the United Nations Security Council	19
Navigating Through The Fog: Reflexive Accounts on Researching China’s Digital Surveillance, Censorship, and Other Sensitive Topics	18
China-India Face-offs: How Does Reputation Matter in Crisis Management?	17
NPC Amendments: Understanding Drivers of Bill Revision in the Chinese National Legislature	16
China’s Interventions in ‘Gray Special Economic Zones’ in Southeast Asia’s Borderlands	14
Understanding Generational Shifts and Democratic Support in China: Value Change Vs. Life Satisfaction	13
Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China: When Beijing’s Global Ambitions Meet Local Realities	13
Elite Networks and the Transregional Dimension of Authoritarianism: Sino-Emirati Relations in Times of a Global Pandemic	13
The Logic of Stability Maintenance in China’s NGO Governance: Balancing Weiwen Through Incorporation and Suppression	12
Toward a Perfection of Nuclear Strategy: China’s Adoption of Limited Nuclear Deterrence in the Xi Jinping Era	12
International Dispute Resolution of BRI-Related Cases: Changes and Challenges	12
Public Opinion on Chinese Foreign Aid Policy: Calculated Opposition or General Discontent?	12
Peaceful Reunification or Else: Untangling the China-Taiwan Gordian Knot	11
The Political Logic of the Developmental State: Causes of Hits and Misses in China’s Industrial Policies	11
Navigating Uncertainty: The Use of Expert Deliberation in China’s Policymaking	11
Policy Feedback Loop: Central-Local Interactions in China’s International Economic Policy	10

Confrontation versus Coexistence: The Dynamics of Australia-China Ideological Relations 1996-2022	10
Chinese Re-Examinations of Russia? The Strategic Partnership in the Wake of Russia’s War Against Ukraine	10
Efficacy of China’s Soft Power in Nigeria: Impact of Personal Engagement and Media Exposure on Lagos Residents’ Attitude Towards China	10
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	10
‘I Am Patriotic, but…’: The Political Disclaimer as a Social Media Strategy in China	10
China’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics: Policy Development in an Emergent Community of Practice	9
China, Africa, and the Market for Donkeys: Why Did the African Union Ban the Ejiao -Linked Donkey Hide Trade?	9
Differential Coalescing: Re-Building the Coalition for ‘Single Women’s’ Reproductive Rights in China	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
The Anti-Corruption Campaign, Luxury Consumption, and Regime Trust in China: Changing Patterns of Perceived Political Risk and Their Consequences	8
From Epidemic to Pandemic: Social Identity Salience and Regime Legitimacy in China	8
‘Hold on to the Green Horse’: Popular Imaginations of the Health Code and the Cultivation of Algocratic Attunement in China in the COVID Era	8
The Multilevel Politics of County-to-District Mergers in China	8
Explaining Chinese Military Coercion in Sino-Indian Border Disputes	8
Unlocking China’s Banking Competition: The Role of Clan Culture	7
Zero-COVID or Coexistence? It is a Question: Examining Ideological Factors Underlying the Chinese Public’s Attitude to Health Policies	7
Butter or Guns: Taiwan’s Economic Policy Toward China	7
Stability Maintenance and the ‘Three Evils’: Framing China’s Role in Central Asia	7
Impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Nation-Building in Pakistan: A Case Study of Balochistan	7
Marketization, Authoritarian Government, and Nonprofit Scaling-Up in China: A Case of Adolescent Sexuality Education	7
The Rising China is Not a ‘Sick Man’ Anymore: Cultural Nationalism in the Xi Jinping Era	7
China’s Ideational Influence in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and European Scholars’ Interpretations of China-CEE Cooperation	7
Unpacking China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: A Text-As-Data Approach	7
Measuring and Forecasting the Rise of China: Reality over Image	7
Conditioning China’s Influence: Intentionality, Intermediaries, and Institutions	7
How Politics ‘Messed up with’ Institutionalization: A Case Study of the Investigation into the Death of Li Wenliang during the Initial Months of COVID-19	7
Empathetic Solidarity: How Chinese English-Language Media Portrays Urban Community Participation	7
The Domestic Mechanisms of China’s Vertical Multilateralism: The FOCAC and the 16+1 Format Case Studies	7
Financial Statecraft in the Digital Age: FinTech and the Institutional Shifts in China’s Cross-Border Payment Sector Since 1993	6
Limited Power-Sharing in a Personalized Regime: Xi Jinping’s Strategic Retreat from Local Politics	6
The Rise of Pro-Regime Intellectuals and Their Mass Persuasion Strategies on China’s Internet	6
Social Resources Transfer Program under China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy: Rural Social Structure and Local Politics	6
From Hu’s Outward-Looking Pragmatism to Xi’s Ambitious Nationalist Leninism: Contrasting Agendas in Politburo Collective Study Sessions	6
Repenetrating the Rural Periphery: Party Building Under China’s Anti-Poverty Campaign	6
Urban Management in Authoritarian China: How the Smart City is Used to Enhance Comprehensive Law Enforcement	6
Understanding Environmental Governance in China Through the Green Shield Action Campaign	6
Rising Powers and Normative Resistance: China, India, and the Responsibility to Protect	6
The Impact of China’s Dams on the Mekong River Basin: Governance, Sustainable Development, and the Energy-Water Nexus	6
Attitudes Toward Income Inequality in China: Revisiting the Concern About Inequality from a Comparative Perspective	6