Research

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Publications

  • Serve the People: Public Goods Information and Communicative Strategies of Local Governments in China

    2026. Jianjun Yu, Shuyuan Shen. Journal of Contemporary China .
    Publisher's Version

  • Money backfires: How Chinese investment fuels anti-China protests abroad

    2024. Do Young Gong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Yujeong Yang. World Development.
    Open Access

  • Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China's Public Diplomacy

    2023. Yujeong Yang, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Do Young Gong. International Studies Quarterly.
    Publisher's Version

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Under Review

  • Does Authoritarian Propaganda Persuade and Deter? A Meta-Analysis of 70 Chinese Propaganda Experiments

    2026. Shuyuan Shen, Tianhong Yin. Under Review.

  • Framing Foreign Aid: Chinese Propaganda and Domestic Support for Checkbook Diplomacy

    2026. Shuyuan Shen, Shuyan Huang. Under Review.

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Work in Progress

  • Softening Hard Power: Chinese Military Propaganda on Short Video Platforms

    Shuyuan Shen, Jianjun Yu.

  • Whataboutism with Foreign Affairs: How Chinese Media Leverages Foreign News for Distraction and Legitimization

    Shuyuan Shen.

  • Plotlines and Politics: How Political Entertainment Influences Foreign Audience

    Shuyuan Shen.

  • With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Personalization and Responsibility Attribution in Autocracies

    Shuyuan Shen.

  • Media and Democratization in Autocracies

    Shuyuan Shen.

  • Media Capture and Coup Success

    Shuyuan Shen.

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