Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia

Honored to be elected as the Student & Early Career Representative for @icahdq.bsky.social Mass Communication Division! 🎉
Looking forward to supporting initiatives, fostering collaboration, and contributing to our community’s continued growth and success!

🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de

Weiwen Yu and Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social analyse 213,435 #Weibo posts to trace how engagement with the digital memorial for Dr. #WenliangLi evolved journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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My new paper, Digital Mourning and Civic Engagement: Emotional Dynamics on China’s Virtual Wailing Wall shows Dr. Li Wenliang’s Weibo wall shifted from talk to grief & remembrance under censorship, regions & diaspora, in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

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I’m excited to share that I am running for election as the Student and Early Career Representative of the Mass Communication Division of ICA. If you are a member of the Mass Communication Division, I would be grateful for your support. Please consider voting for me: www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (Scopus-indexed) seeks reviewers for: 1) Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core (Springer, 2025) & 2) Innovation-Development Detours for Latecomers (CUP, 2024). Reviews: 3–5 pp. Info: jceasia.org Volunteer: jceabooks@gmail.com

This special issue, guest edited by Dr. Webern Yu & Dr. Chun Shao, explores the lived experiences of generative AI in East Asia — moving beyond technical & policy debates.

We welcome conceptual, methodological & empirical studies across disciplines.

📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue
The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia invites submissions for:
“Living with ChatGPT: Social, Psychological, and Economic Impacts of Generative AI in East Asia”
CFP details 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1G_TJ...

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New piece in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social: “Digital Nationalism in China: Expression, Propaganda, and Soft Authoritarianism”. It shows how digital nationalism in China works as soft authoritarianism, blending control with participatory propaganda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance | Article | Politics and Governance Ruoxin Su, Dechun Zhang

My new paper, coauthored with Ruoxin Su, “Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance,” introduces the adaptive sovereignty model—blending state control with selective regulatory flexibility. Now in Politics and Governance: doi.org/10.17645/pag...

New in JCEA: Sociocultural Brokers in Commerce: The Indonesian Migrant Entrepreneurship in Japan
Paulus R. Yuniarto, Firman Budianto & Erlita Tantri identify four types of Indonesian entrepreneurs in Japan—blending business with culture and community.
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New in JCEA: Navigating the Audience Costs of Humanitarian Aid for Rising States: A Case Study of India’s COVID-19 Response
Xiaojuan Qiu & Liya Yan explore how India balanced sovereignty, legitimacy, and public perception in managing aid during the pandemic.
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New in JCEA: Korean Wave and South Korea’s Perception in Southeast Asia: The Case of Vietnam
Sung-Won Yoon & Sae Won Chung explore how Hallyu YouTube videos in Vietnamese shape Korea’s image—highlighting lifestyle as the most engaging theme.
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New in JCEA: Personal Political Characteristics and Trust in State Media: A Case Study of China
Xin Tong analyzes how political traits shape trust in Chinese state media using Asian Barometer data—offering insights into media trust in authoritarian contexts.
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New in JCEA: Media Use and Online Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Media Credibility and Political Trust in Jakarta and Islamabad
Drina Intyaswati et al. show how credible media boosts trust and participation.
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New in JCEA: Analysis of Critical Agrarian Perspective on Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Development Policy in Indonesia by Abdul Kodir & Risdawati Ahmad.
The article examines contested land access in Sepaku, home to Indonesia’s new capital.
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The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia is pleased to announce the publication of the 2025 Summer Issue, Vol. 24, No. 1.

The full issue is open access and available through the following link: koreascience.or.kr/journal/OSTR...

Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization: People’s Daily’s Nationalist Discourses and Their Public Responses on Chinese Social Media Abstract. This study offers new perspectives on the evolving trajectory of state-led nationalist discourses and their engagement with online publics by exa

My new coauthored paper with Jun Liu & Hsuanlei Shao, “Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization,” is out in Oxford Intersections. We use computational analysis to explore how China’s propaganda shapes nationalist discourse and how the public responds on Weibo. doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Chinese nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis Prof.dr. F.A. Schneider dr. Y. Huang

I’m happy to share that my PhD defence will take place on June 25, 2025. I’ll share my research on China’s digital nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

If you’re interested, you’re very welcome to join. Here’s the link with all the details:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Excited to welcome everyone to join us at @giga-hamburg.de , where I'll be giving a guest talk on our new research with Dr. Jun Liu, "From Tweets to Tactics: Unpacking State-Sponsored Propaganda Campaigns on Twitter."

GIGA China Series Analysing over 2.8 million “tweets” from Chinese and Russian accounts, we find that Chinese accounts proactively shape narratives to reinforce internal stability, whereas Russian accounts exhibit reac...

State-Sponsored #Propaganda: Dechun Zhang & Jun Liu analysed over 2.8 million posts from Chinese and Russian accounts on X, uncovering complex dynamics and tactics of #AuthoritarianRegimes in #SocialMedia.

➡️ Join their #GIGA #China Series talk online, 30 May: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

Deadline in a week for submitting your abstract for the JCCA special issue on Digital China, edited by @dechunzhang.bsky.social and Wenting Yu. Check out the call for papers below
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⏰ Only *ONE WEEK* left to submit your abstract for the JCCA Special Issue"Digital China 🛜: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society" (Drs. DeChun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social & Wenting Yu)

Deadline: April 25, 2025

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If you work on digital China, please consider to this special issue.

We are excited to welcome Xueyan Cao to the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA) team as our new Assistant Managing Editor! We look forward to working together and benefiting from your expertise. Welcome aboard! #JCEA #asiastudies

If you work on digital China, we warmly invite you to contribute to our special issue. There is still one month left to submit!

⏰ Still one month to submit your abstract for the JCCA Special Issue"Digital China 🛜: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society" (Drs. Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social & Wenting Yu)

Deadline: April 25, 2025
@giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com

How China will end up the biggest winner from UK and US foreign aid cuts As countries lose vital foreign aid from the UK and US, some fear governments could turn to China to seek funding packages saddled with unsustainable debts. Alicja Hagopian reports

My previous paper, China’s “Weaponized” Vaccine: Intertwining Between International and Domestic Politics, is quoted in The Independent‘s article on China’s foreign aid strategy. www.independent.co.uk/world/china-...

Interesting topic! Researcher who are working on digital China should consider this special issue! @asianstudies.org @polcomm.bsky.social

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA) is pleased to announce a call for an Assistant Managing Editor. We are seeking Assistant Managing Editor(s) to support the biannual publication of the JCEA. Please see the call for applications (CfA): drive.google.com/file/d/104Jd....

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Winter Issue, Vol. 23, No. 2.

The full issue is open access and available through the following link: koreascience.or.kr/journal/OSTR...