Peer-Reviewed Publications
Reflections on the field
Chen, Dan, Rongbin Han, and John Yasuda. 2024. "China on Campus: A Conversation with China Scholars of Asian Heritage." PS: Political Science & Politics 57 (1): 133-136.
Popular Culture
Gao, Gengsong and Dan Chen. 2024. "Fan Engagement with Chinese Celebrities' Political Signaling on Weibo." Journal of Contemporary China, first published online.
Chen, Dan. 2024. "Seeing Politics through Popular Culture." Journal of Chinese Political Science 29: 185-205.
Chen, Dan and Gengsong Gao. 2023. “Chinese Celebrities’ Political Signalling on Sina Weibo.” The China Quarterly 254: 466-483.
Chen, Dan, and Gengsong Gao. 2023. “The Transgressive Rhetoric of Standup Comedy in China.” Critical Discourse Studies, 20 (1): 1-17.
Public Opinion
Chen, Dan. 2024. “How Propaganda Affects Public Opinion in China: Evidence from the First Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Asian Studies Review 48 (3): 504-523.
Chen, Dan, Yong Li, and Jiebing Wu. 2022. "Policy Stringency, Political Conditions, and Public Performances of Pandemic Control: An International Comparison." Public Performance & Management Review 45 (4): 916-939.
Chen, Dan, and Andrew MacDonald. 2020. “Bread and Circuses: Sports and Public Opinion in China." Journal of Experimental Political Science 7 (1): 41-55.
Chen, Dan. 2019. "Political Context and Citizen Information: Propaganda Effects in China." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 31 (3): 463-484.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “Local Distrust and Regime Support: Sources and Effects of Political Trust in China.” Political Research Quarterly 70 (2): 314-326.
News Media
Chen, Dan. 2020. Convenient Criticism: Local Media and Governance in Urban China. SUNY Press. (Available for purchase here. Read an excerpt of Introduction here.)
- Reviewed in The China Quarterly and Europe-Asia Studies.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “‘Supervision by Public Opinion’ or by Government Officials? Media Criticism and Central-Local Government Relations in China.” Modern China 43 (6): 620-645.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “Facilitating Public Service Provision: The Emerging Role of Municipal Television News in China.” The China Quarterly 229: 130-149.
Local Governance
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2018. “State Capacity and Cadre Mobilization in China: The Elasticity of Policy Implementation.” Journal of Contemporary China 27 (111): 393-405.
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2018. “Local and Grassroots Governance.” In Sage Handbook on Contemporary China, eds. Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier. Sage Publications, 388-405.
Chen, Dan. 2016. “Review Essay: The Safety Valve Analogy in Chinese Politics.” Journal of East Asian Studies 16 (2): 281-294.
Chen, Dan, and John James Kennedy. 2015. “Urbanization and Urban Villages: Institutional Factors and Social Identity in Urban China.” In New Approaches to Area Studies, eds. Shelly Bromberg and Edith Clowes. Northern Illinois University Press, 88-107.
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2014. “Election Reform from the Middle and at the Margins.” In Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance, eds. Jessica C. Teets and William Hurst. Routledge, 154-173.
Book Reviews
2024. Review of The Currency of Truth: Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era by Emily H. C. Chua. Journal of Asian Studies 83 (3): 721-722.
2023. Review of Hostile Forces: How the Chinese Communist Party Resists International Pressure on Human Rights by Jamie J. Gruffydd-Jones. Perspectives on Politics 21 (3): 1144-1145.
2021. Review of The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web by Jing Wang. Journal of Chinese Political Science 26: 445-446.
2018. Review of Media Politics in China: Improvising PowerUnder Authoritarianism by Maria Repnikova. The China Quarterly 233: 246-247.
2016. Review of The Transformation of Governance in Rural China: Market, Finance, and Political Authority by An Chen. Journal of Asian Studies 75 (1): 215-216.
2014. Review of Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China by Daniela Stockmann. Journal of Chinese Political Science 19 (1): 101-102.
2013. Review of Eurasian Regionalism: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization by Stephen Aris. International Journal of Asian Studies 10 (1): 104-105.
2013. Review of Why Nations Fight by Richard Ned Lebow. Australian Journal of International Affairs 67 (1): 120-121.
Other Writings
2024. "China's crackdown on 'wealth-flaunting' social media puts pressure on influencers - both on the mainland and in Taiwan - to echo the party line." (with Gengsong Gao) The Conversation, June 24.
2024. "The Persuasive Power of Visuals in Chinese State Propaganda." Asian Currents, February 29.
2022. "How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing 'One China' messages to millions of fans online." (with Gengsong Gao) The Conversation, September 26.
2022. "One step ahead of the game." Index on Censorship, 51 (2): 28-30.
2020. "China's coronavirus response could build public support for its government." Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, March 27.
2018. “Media supervision and local governance in urban China.” What Do We Talk About When We Talk About China: China Studies Centre 2018 Year in Review. The University of Sydney, 17.
Reflections on the field
Chen, Dan, Rongbin Han, and John Yasuda. 2024. "China on Campus: A Conversation with China Scholars of Asian Heritage." PS: Political Science & Politics 57 (1): 133-136.
Popular Culture
Gao, Gengsong and Dan Chen. 2024. "Fan Engagement with Chinese Celebrities' Political Signaling on Weibo." Journal of Contemporary China, first published online.
Chen, Dan. 2024. "Seeing Politics through Popular Culture." Journal of Chinese Political Science 29: 185-205.
Chen, Dan and Gengsong Gao. 2023. “Chinese Celebrities’ Political Signalling on Sina Weibo.” The China Quarterly 254: 466-483.
Chen, Dan, and Gengsong Gao. 2023. “The Transgressive Rhetoric of Standup Comedy in China.” Critical Discourse Studies, 20 (1): 1-17.
Public Opinion
Chen, Dan. 2024. “How Propaganda Affects Public Opinion in China: Evidence from the First Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Asian Studies Review 48 (3): 504-523.
Chen, Dan, Yong Li, and Jiebing Wu. 2022. "Policy Stringency, Political Conditions, and Public Performances of Pandemic Control: An International Comparison." Public Performance & Management Review 45 (4): 916-939.
Chen, Dan, and Andrew MacDonald. 2020. “Bread and Circuses: Sports and Public Opinion in China." Journal of Experimental Political Science 7 (1): 41-55.
Chen, Dan. 2019. "Political Context and Citizen Information: Propaganda Effects in China." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 31 (3): 463-484.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “Local Distrust and Regime Support: Sources and Effects of Political Trust in China.” Political Research Quarterly 70 (2): 314-326.
News Media
Chen, Dan. 2020. Convenient Criticism: Local Media and Governance in Urban China. SUNY Press. (Available for purchase here. Read an excerpt of Introduction here.)
- Reviewed in The China Quarterly and Europe-Asia Studies.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “‘Supervision by Public Opinion’ or by Government Officials? Media Criticism and Central-Local Government Relations in China.” Modern China 43 (6): 620-645.
Chen, Dan. 2017. “Facilitating Public Service Provision: The Emerging Role of Municipal Television News in China.” The China Quarterly 229: 130-149.
Local Governance
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2018. “State Capacity and Cadre Mobilization in China: The Elasticity of Policy Implementation.” Journal of Contemporary China 27 (111): 393-405.
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2018. “Local and Grassroots Governance.” In Sage Handbook on Contemporary China, eds. Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier. Sage Publications, 388-405.
Chen, Dan. 2016. “Review Essay: The Safety Valve Analogy in Chinese Politics.” Journal of East Asian Studies 16 (2): 281-294.
Chen, Dan, and John James Kennedy. 2015. “Urbanization and Urban Villages: Institutional Factors and Social Identity in Urban China.” In New Approaches to Area Studies, eds. Shelly Bromberg and Edith Clowes. Northern Illinois University Press, 88-107.
Kennedy, John James, and Dan Chen. 2014. “Election Reform from the Middle and at the Margins.” In Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance, eds. Jessica C. Teets and William Hurst. Routledge, 154-173.
Book Reviews
2024. Review of The Currency of Truth: Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era by Emily H. C. Chua. Journal of Asian Studies 83 (3): 721-722.
2023. Review of Hostile Forces: How the Chinese Communist Party Resists International Pressure on Human Rights by Jamie J. Gruffydd-Jones. Perspectives on Politics 21 (3): 1144-1145.
2021. Review of The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web by Jing Wang. Journal of Chinese Political Science 26: 445-446.
2018. Review of Media Politics in China: Improvising PowerUnder Authoritarianism by Maria Repnikova. The China Quarterly 233: 246-247.
2016. Review of The Transformation of Governance in Rural China: Market, Finance, and Political Authority by An Chen. Journal of Asian Studies 75 (1): 215-216.
2014. Review of Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China by Daniela Stockmann. Journal of Chinese Political Science 19 (1): 101-102.
2013. Review of Eurasian Regionalism: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization by Stephen Aris. International Journal of Asian Studies 10 (1): 104-105.
2013. Review of Why Nations Fight by Richard Ned Lebow. Australian Journal of International Affairs 67 (1): 120-121.
Other Writings
2024. "China's crackdown on 'wealth-flaunting' social media puts pressure on influencers - both on the mainland and in Taiwan - to echo the party line." (with Gengsong Gao) The Conversation, June 24.
2024. "The Persuasive Power of Visuals in Chinese State Propaganda." Asian Currents, February 29.
2022. "How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing 'One China' messages to millions of fans online." (with Gengsong Gao) The Conversation, September 26.
2022. "One step ahead of the game." Index on Censorship, 51 (2): 28-30.
2020. "China's coronavirus response could build public support for its government." Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, March 27.
2018. “Media supervision and local governance in urban China.” What Do We Talk About When We Talk About China: China Studies Centre 2018 Year in Review. The University of Sydney, 17.