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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

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

Priscilla Roberts

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Regulatory capture of the Chinese social credit system: Bureaucratic self-interests in project implementation 中国社会信用体系的监管俘获：项目实施中的官僚私利

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China Information Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241259431

Emilie Szwajnoch

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Chinese standards from the ground up 从基础做起的中国标准

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China Information Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241248412

Miriam Driessen, Ruiyi Zhu

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Practice diffusion in China’s two-pronged engagement in global technical standardization 中国双管齐下参与全球技术标准化的实践推广

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China Information Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241245686

Daniel Fuchs, Sarah Eaton

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Regulating local government debt in China: Intended and unintended consequences 规范中国地方政府债务：意料之中和意料之外的后果

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China Information Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241241839

Yu You

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The socialization of nationalist and socialist values: Construction of the model youth in a Chinese reality TV show 民族主义和社会主义价值观的社会化：中国真人秀节目中的模范青年建设

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China Information Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI: 10.1177/0920203x241241370

Zhili Lin, Charity Lee, Surinderpal Kaur

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

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

Reza Hasmath