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Chinese Studies is an international journal about China and Chinese civilization. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for social scientists and academicians all over the world to promote scholarship on China and China-related topics. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigoro…
Yuansuo Zhang, Guangyao Chen, Hui Zhou
China’s “three types of land” reform covers rural land expropriation, collective management of construction land into the market, and housing land system reform, which is the core driving force of rural land system reform, is conducive to breaking the urban-r…
Qi Li, Bihe Yan
This study examines the effectiveness of urban waste sorting policies in Shanghai, reflecting on their implementation, achievements and challenges in the context of China’s ecological civilization framework. Through field visits, citizen hotline inquiries, su…
Qizhou Luo, Shunfeng Song
This paper examined the pairing poverty alleviation policy implemented in Xinjiang, China, focusing on their impact across various poverty indicators. The research utilized difference-in-difference (DID), propensity score matching (PSM) and synthetic control…
Wenjie Ji
As an area without the tradition of irrigation water conservancy, the “Si She Wu Cun” has extremely scarce water resources. In order to maximize the utilization of water resources, the local people have gradually formed a unique water use order in the long-te…
Bingcai Chen
Marx’s “Thoughts on Human Studies” is one of the important components in the philosophical system, containing the core connotations regarding human existence, human nature and human liberation. Especially the issue of human liberation has always been the cent…
Xuanqi Liu, Yuxi Zhou, Yuhan Li, Xiujuan Wang, 1 1
Accelerating the pace of rural construction is essential for achieving the strategic goal of a beautiful China. Promoting grassroots governance through Party-building initiatives can effectively activate the foundational elements of the social governance syst…
Yu-Hui Lin, 1 1
This paper aims to identify how constructivist education contributes to cultural preservation and educational promotion, particularly its influence on preserving Zhusuan culture. Grounded in the theory of constructivism, this study employed field research to…
Tianbei Xiang
The large-scale cultural documentary “Patriarchs—Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasty”, produced by China Central Television (CCTV) in late 2023, exemplifies meticulous craftsmanship, perpetuating China’s rich traditional culture. This work follow…
Ting Zhang
This paper investigates the organizational capability building of primary-level party organizations of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Primary-level party organizations do the groundwork to ensure the CPC’s lines, principles, policies, decisions, and plan…
Yule Zhou
Based on Culpeper’s ( Culpeper, 1996 ) impoliteness theory, this study collects negative online reviews of the movie Kung Fu Panda from the well-known movie review websites Douban and Rotten Tomatoes and comparatively analyzes the impoliteness strategies adop…
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Chinese Studies is an international journal about China and Chinese civilization. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for social scientists and academicians all over the world to promote scholarship on China and China-related topics. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigoro… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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