Research
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Publications
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      Money backfires: How Chinese investment fuels anti-China protests abroad 
      
2024. Do Young Gong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Yujeong Yang. World Development.
Open Access
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      Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China's Public Diplomacy 
      
2023. Yujeong Yang, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Do Young Gong. International Studies Quarterly.
Publisher's Version
 
Under Review
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      Serve the People: Public Goods Information and Communicative Strategies of Local Governments in China 
      
2024. Jianjun Yu, Shuyuan Shen. Under Review.
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      With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Personalization and Responsibility Attribution in Autocracies 
      
2024. Shuyuan Shen. Under Review.
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      Media and Democratization in Autocracies 
      
2024. Shuyuan Shen. Under Review.
 
Work in Progress
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      What About Abroad: How Chinese Media Leverages Foreign News for Distraction and Legitimization. 
      
Shuyuan Shen.
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      Plotlines and Politics: How Political Entertainment Influences Foreign Audience 
      
Shuyuan Shen.
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      Propagating War with Baby Voices and Cat Memes: How Soft Military Propaganda Reshapes Public Support for War in China 
      
Shuyuan Shen, Jianjun Yu.
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      Foreign Aid and Media Freedom 
      
Shuyuan Shen.
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      Buying a Foreign Boat: How China Reshapes Media Abroad 
      
Shuyuan Shen, Maggie Zhang.
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      Censorship and Propaganda Persuasiveness in Autocracies 
      
Shuyuan Shen.
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      Does Propaganda Persuade? 
      
Shuyuan Shen.