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My research focuses on the political economy of authoritarian regimes, with a particular emphasis on China.
My research focuses on the political economy of authoritarian regimes, with a particular emphasis on China.
I study how the Chinese government, particularly at the local level, addresses governance challenges arising from increasing domestic labor mobility.
I study how the Chinese government, particularly at the local level, addresses governance challenges arising from increasing domestic labor mobility.
In addition, I explore how China’s expanding global economic presence--through trade, investment, aid, and labor migration--generates political and economic challenges for other countries and how citizens in these countries respond.
In addition, I explore how China’s expanding global economic presence--through trade, investment, aid, and labor migration--generates political and economic challenges for other countries and how citizens in these countries respond.
Publications
Publications
"Violence and Bias: The Political Legacy of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia.'' with Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell. Comparative Politics 58. no.3 (2025):313-338.
"Connect First, then Suppress: Chinese vs. Western Communication Development Projects and Internet Freedom". with Lucie Lu, Miles Williams, and Xinle Jia. Studies in Comparative and International Development (2025). [replication file]
“Money backfires: How Chinese investment fuels anti-China protests abroad." with Do Young Gong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, and Shuyuan Shen. World Development. Volume 178. (2024). [replication file]
“The Usual Suspects?: Attitudes toward Immigration during the COVID-19 Pandemic” . with Sung Eun Kim and Adrian Shin. Journal of Asian Public Policy 17. no. 2 (2024): 272-289. [replication file]
“Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China’s Public Diplomacy.” with Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, and Do Young Gong. International Studies Quarterly 67. no. 4 (2023). [replication file]
“Racing to the Bottom?: Chinese Foreign Direct Investment and Collective Labor Rights”. International Interactions 49. no. 6 (2023): 962–988. [replication file]
"Severing the Belt and Road: Overseas Chinese Networks and COVID-19 Travel Restrictions". with Sung Eun Kim and Adrian Shin. Foreign Policy Analysis 19. no.2 (2023): 1-20.
“Out of “Site”, Out of Mind?: Politics of Land Compensation for Chinese Rural Migrants”. Studies in Comparative International Development 57, no. 2 (2022): 271–301.
“Bring Your Own Workers: Chinese OFDI, Chinese overseas workers, and collective labor rights in Africa.”. World Development. no. 152 (2022). [replication file]
“Towards an Inclusive System for Informal Workers? Diverging Impacts of Labor Informality on Chinese Workers’ Pension Enrollment”. International Journal of Social Welfare 31, no. 1 (2022): 100-111.
"The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Chinese Dual-Pension Regimes in the Era of Labor Migration and Labor Informalization.” Politics & Society 49, no. 2 (2021): 147-180.
“Different Demands, Varying Responses: Local Government Responses to Worker Collective Actions in South China.” with Wei Chen. The China Quarterly 243 (2020): 839-854.
“Moving In and Moving Up?: Labor Conditions and China’s Changing Development Model.” with Mary Gallagher. Public Administration & Development 37, no. 3 (2017): 160-175.
“Getting Schooled: Legal Mobilization as an Educative Process.” with Mary Gallagher. Law & Social Inquiry 42, no. 1 (2017): 163-194.
“Informal network as a safety net: the role of faction in China’s anti-corruption campaign.” China: An International Journal 15, no. 3 (August 2017): 26-57
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
"Action over Cost: How Foreign Publics Evaluate Public Diplomacy Gestures in Apology-Making" with Paul Un and Deli Yang.
"Third-Party Political Consumerism: An Experimental Analysis of Public Response to Economic Coercion" with Wen-Chin Wu and Yuru Fu.
"Hiding or Highlight Conflict? Economic Engagement and Strategic Information Control in Militarized Disputes" with Tianhong Yin.
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