Yuan Zhou

Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Okayama University | Chinese politics, political communication, IR, text analysis

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

📢Published a paper on how Hongkongers are adapting to the new political reality since the National Security Law. We examined how powerlessness and secondary control interact to shape emigration and self-censorship. w/@pollyjchan and Chengfei Gong https://t.co/y5H4kbHpCb

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

Heading out of Kraków. APSA in Boston, then ECPR here. Saw a lot of friends, sat through some really good panels, and both cities were wonderful.

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

日本・韓国・台湾の有権者は、アメリカよりも民主主義のルール違反に敏感で、党派性や感情的極性化に関わらず違反した政治家を比較的しっかり罰するよという論文をPolitical Communication誌に書きました。小林研で修士を取って卒業した岩渕功さんも共著です。 https://t.co/PxPGVByrIT

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

By selectively focusing on officials tied to the autocrat’s rivals, central media signals the autocrat’s capacity for power consolidation, while local media imitation of this reporting pattern allows local elites to display loyalty.

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

Join us for a hybrid workshop on contemporary China, with six papers on global influence, domestic governance, and knowledge production.

18 Sept 2026 | 13:30–17:00 JST | Hybrid Okayama University

Zoom registration: https://t.co/Pgp9I5GxG0

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

My new paper is out in Mass Communication and Society! Drawing on a decade of international news from People’s Daily and Global Times, I show that negative portrayals of liberal democracies are systematic and sustained—not episodic.
https://t.co/5sV0nAm4Gp

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

中国政治・メディア実証研究会のニュースレター「中国政治・メディア研究の最先端」を公開しました。初回は、2026年6月に公刊された英語論文15本を整理し、中国政治・メディア研究の動向を紹介しています。
https://t.co/Jtr8spz1Os

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

【第9回 中国政治・メディア実証研究会】
7/18（土）14:00–17:40、岡山大学で開催します。テーマは「言説・世論・統計の政治―中国における可視化の操作―」。人民日報香港報道、権威主義プロパガンダと世論、GDP統計をめぐる3報告です。
ご関心のある方はぜひご参加ください！
https://t.co/C6O9xEjGMg

[Tomoko Takahashi @Tomoko_Tkhsh]

Why did “Africa+1” summitry emerge despite limited material gains and donors’ divided attention? Our article (led by @posaune724 ) traces TICAD as Japan’s quest for status and African efforts to challenge Western aid schemes. Open access at @GSQ_Journal: https://t.co/GvwTQbSvXW

[Tomoko Takahashi @Tomoko_Tkhsh]

On May 26 Tuesday (10 am-12:30 pm, JST), we will be hosting a workshop in Tokyo and on Zoom. Please join us!
Politics of the “Global South”: China’s Narrative and the Indian Question
https://t.co/gMDFFEhNj2

@yuanzhouIR @RaphaellesK @huanacevedo @DanielleFlonk

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

中国の強硬な対外発信は東アジアで逆効果 – Global Research Center (GRC) 早稲田大学 研究活動 https://t.co/7sw8SJdQMC

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

📢New paper: An experiment on “wolf warrior diplomacy” in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan shows it tends to reduce favorability toward China, with limited effects on views of the U.S. or democratic values. w/ @yuanzhouIR @LungtaS041024 https://t.co/6w2ixtsSDc

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

アメリカを貶めて中国を持ち上げる比較広告的な「戦狼外交」が日韓台の世論に及ぼす効果を実験で検証した論文が出ました。総じて戦狼外交は中国に対する評価や好感度を下げる一方、アメリカに対する評価や民主的価値観への効果は限定的でした。w/@yuanzhouIR @LungtaS041024 https://t.co/6w2ixtsSDc

[Rongbin Han @HanRongbin]

Thrilled to share that my new book Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism (Columbia UP) has come out. This is the first book studying China's Internet literature, esp. alt-history fiction from the perspective of authoritarian legitimation.

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

Thank you for spotlighting this key insight from my paper!
Full text (Open Access): https://t.co/KWoCvwdCiM

[Jean Christopher (Chris) Mittelstaedt @jcmittelstaedt]

"media narratives are not uniform but are structured around a constellation of evolving themes, including geopolitical rivalry, economic cooperation, regional diplomacy, and soft power projection"

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

Happy to share that I’ve joined the Faculty of Law at Okayama University as Senior Assistant Professor. Looking forward to this new chapter in Okayama.

[ポポポポ～ン @popopopaun]

Delighted to share our new article, "The cabinet’s policy dilemmas and ministerial positions on the COVID-19 pandemic: a text analysis of ministerial speeches in the Japanese Diet," now published open access in the Journal of Legislative Studies.

https://t.co/ERBzOv1ufZ

[Yuan Zhou @yuanzhouIR]

太久没有听过政治学家用中文讲中国政治了，enjoyable!

[Ning Leng @leng_ning]

It was great chatting with @HeLiuLeo, and in Chinese!第一次用中文做关于这本书的访谈，谢谢季风播客。