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Book Review: From Missionary Education to Confucius Institutes: Historical Reflections on Sino-American Cultural Exchange by Jeff Kyong-McClain and Joseph Tse-Hei Lee (eds) 书评：从传教士教育到孔子学院：Jeff Kyong-McClain 和 Joseph Tse-Hei Lee（编著）《从传教士教育到孔子学院：中美文化交流的历史反思

IF 2.1 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241261197b

Priscilla Roberts

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The operations of contemporary Han Chinese privilege. 当代汉族特权的运作

IF 2.1 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-10 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X231193086

Reza Hasmath

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Managing the Power of Images: Environmental NGOs, Networked Public Screens, and ‘Interactive’ Image Events in China 管理图像的力量：中国的非政府环保组织、网络公共屏幕和 "互动 "影像活动

IF 2.1 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231223399

Shanshan Liu, Vincent Guangsheng Huang

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The generalized sigmoidal quantile function. 广义西格玛量子函数

IF 0.9 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2022.2032161

Alan D Hutson

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Ritual narratives of infrastructure ceremonies: Time, demands, and relations in modern Chinese history 基础设施仪式的礼仪叙事：中国近代史中的时间、需求与关系

IF 2.1 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231220191

Xiaojun Ke, Shiyue Li

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Voices of hidden children in customary adoption: The politics of identity under China’s one-child policy 习俗收养中隐藏儿童的声音：中国独生子女政策下的身份政治

IF 2.1 3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231217190

Ling Meng

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Confronting standards-making in food safety: Standards recalibration and regulatory reforms in China’s dairy industry 面对食品安全的标准制定:中国乳制品行业的标准重新校准和监管改革

3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231212801

Megan Tracy

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Storytelling and counter-storytelling in China’s convergence culture 中国融合文化中的讲故事与反讲故事

3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231202689

Tze-lan D. Sang, Lina Qu

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Book Review: Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang by Nicholas de Villiers 书评:尼古拉斯·德·维利耶的《烦躁、困倦、忧郁:蔡明亮电影中的性迷失》

3区社会学

China Information Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x231204681

Luke Robinson

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Book Review: People, Place, Race, and Nation in Xinjiang, China: Territories of Identity by David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown 书评:《中国新疆的人、地方、种族和民族:认同的疆域》，作者:大卫·奥布莱恩和梅丽莎·沙尼·布朗