Research

Publications and ongoing research by Shuyuan Shen.

Research

Information, authoritarian politics, and China in the world

My work examines how political actors use information to persuade, distract, and govern—and how those strategies shape public opinion at home and international relations abroad. I combine computational approaches with experiments and comparative analysis.

Political communication Chinese politics Political economy Computational methods

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Publications

2026

Serve the People: Public Goods Information and Communicative Strategies of Local Governments in China

Jianjun Yu, Shuyuan Shen

Journal of Contemporary China

Publisher
2024

Money Backfires: How Chinese Investment Fuels Anti-China Protests Abroad

Do Young Gong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Yujeong Yang

World Development

Open access
2023

Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China's Public Diplomacy

Yujeong Yang, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Do Young Gong

International Studies Quarterly

Publisher
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Under review

2026

Reel Politics, Real Beliefs? Foreign Political Drama and Political Attitudes in China

Shuyuan Shen

2026

When Do Citizens Demand Executive Constraints? The Incumbency Accountability Gap Across Political Contexts

Shuyuan Shen

2026

Mass Media Reach, Information Control, and Autocratic Consolidation

Shuyuan Shen

2026

Conditional Voice, Official Belonging: Democratic Orientation, National Identity, and Political Participation Across Regime Types

Shuyuan Shen, Yongfeng Tang

2026

Does Authoritarian Propaganda Persuade and Deter? A Meta-Analysis of 70 Chinese Propaganda Experiments

Shuyuan Shen, Tianhong Yin

Paper
2026

Authoritarian Propaganda and Domestic Support for Foreign Aid: Evidence from China

Shuyuan Shen, Shuyan Huang

Paper
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Working papers

2026

Softening Hard Power: Chinese Military Propaganda on Short Video Platforms

Shuyuan Shen, Jianjun Yu

2026

Whataboutism with Foreign Affairs: How Chinese Media Leverages Foreign News for Distraction and Legitimization

Shuyuan Shen

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Policy report

2019

Humane Immigration Enforcement: The Way Forward

Patrick Calderon, Kathleen Kollman, Mehak Siddiquei, Shuyuan Shen

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