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| Journal of Contemporary China | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Contemporary China |
| Discipline | China studies, political science, international relations, sociology |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Established | 1991 |
Journal of Contemporary China The Journal of Contemporary China is a peer-reviewed academic periodical covering studies of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Greater China, engaging scholars in comparative analysis across Asia and global affairs. Founded in 1991, it has published research intersecting with topics related to the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese foreign policy, Sino-American relations, and regional developments involving Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Contributors have included specialists associated with institutions such as the School of Oriental and African Studies, Cambridge University, Harvard University, and the Australian National University.
Established in 1991, the journal emerged during a period marked by the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the post-Cold War diplomatic realignments involving the United States, the Soviet Union, and the European Union. Early volumes featured analyses of market reforms linked to leaders like Deng Xiaoping and the impact of Jiang Zemin's leadership transition, while later issues tracked policy shifts during Hu Jintao's and Xi Jinping's tenures. The journal has documented events including the 1997 Hong Kong handover, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2013 Belt and Road Initiative announcement, the 2014 Umbrella Movement, the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, and cross-strait tensions following elections in Taipei. Over time it has become a venue for debates involving scholars from Peking University, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, National Taiwan University, and Sun Yat-sen University.
The journal publishes interdisciplinary research on political reform, economic transformation, social change, legal reform, cultural production, urbanization, and environmental policy as they relate to China and its international interactions. Typical topics include analyses of the Chinese Communist Party leadership, state-owned enterprise reform, fiscal and monetary policy under leaders such as Li Keqiang, trade relations with the United States and European Union, strategic competition with India, and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. It also covers cultural studies examining literature and film from Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong, studies of migration involving Shenzhen and Guangzhou, and legal scholarship engaging the National People's Congress, the Standing Committee, and constitutional debates.
The journal is led by an editorial board composed of scholars affiliated with universities and think tanks such as Columbia University, the London School of Economics, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Editorial procedures typically include double-blind peer review by experts drawn from departments including politics, sociology, anthropology, and international relations at institutions like Oxford University, Yale University, the University of California system, and the Australian National University. Guest editors from institutions such as the University of Hong Kong and the East-West Center have organized themed issues, while advisory board members have included researchers formerly associated with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Japan Institute of International Affairs.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic databases and citation indexes that serve scholars in international affairs and Asian studies. These include inclusion in indexes alongside journals from the Modern Language Association (MLA) ecosystem, listings in Scopus, Clarivate's Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index, ProQuest databases, and EBSCOhost journals. It is discoverable in library catalogs of institutions such as the Library of Congress, the National Library of China, Harvard Library, Bodleian Libraries, and the National Library of Australia.
The journal's articles have been cited in scholarship addressing Sino-American strategic rivalry, analyses by policy institutions such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and in reports from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund that examine China's global economic integration. Academics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University have referenced its work in debates over authoritarian resilience, state-market relations, and technocratic governance under Xi Jinping. Reviews and citations appear in book series from Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press, and its influence is noted in coursework at universities including Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Tokyo.
The journal has published influential articles and special issues analyzing the 1997 Hong Kong handover, the 2001 accession of China to the World Trade Organization, the 2008 global financial crisis, the 2013 announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the 2019 protests in Hong Kong. Special issues have examined cross-strait relations after Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party electoral shifts, studies of China's urban governance in Shanghai and Chongqing, and thematic collections on Chinese environmental politics involving the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Contributors have included scholars who also publish in journals such as The China Quarterly, Pacific Affairs, Modern China, and Asian Survey.
Published quarterly by Taylor & Francis, the journal offers institutional subscriptions and individual subscriptions, with digital access through academic library platforms and aggregators used by universities like Cambridge, Yale, and Peking University. Articles are available in print and online formats, with options for hybrid open access under publisher licensing; authors affiliated with institutions participating in transformative agreements may publish open access. Submission guidelines align with standards common to journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science, and the journal maintains author instructions consistent with international editorial policies.
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