All Outputs (4)

Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China (2018)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., & Kehoe, S. (2019). Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China. China Quarterly, 237, 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741018001285

A visit to a Chinese city of any size—looking up at downtown billboards, riding public transport, shopping at a mall—is to be in the presence of a Chinese celebrity endorsing a product, lifestyle or other symbols of “the good life”. Celebrity in Chin... Read More about Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China.

Soft Power Runs into Popular Geopolitics: Western Media Frames Democratic Taiwan (2018)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., & Lee, D. S. (2018). Soft Power Runs into Popular Geopolitics: Western Media Frames Democratic Taiwan. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 1(2), 273-300. https://doi.org/10.1163/24688800-00102003

How does the Western media frame Taiwan? Analysing a large set of Western newspaper reports over the past two decades, this article provides the first systematic assessment of global coverage of Taiwan. Seeking to explain why Taiwan has been framed i... Read More about Soft Power Runs into Popular Geopolitics: Western Media Frames Democratic Taiwan.

The KMT’s China policy: gains and failures (2018)
Book Chapter
Sullivan, J., & Smyth, J. (2018). The KMT’s China policy: gains and failures. In A. Beckershoff, & G. Schubert (Eds.), Assessing the presidency of Ma Ying-jiu in Taiwan : hopeful beginning, hopeless end?. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Contextualizing Chinese migrations to Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., & Cheng, J. (2018). Contextualizing Chinese migrations to Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 53(8), 1173-1187. doi:10.1177/0021909618776443

Who are ‘the Chinese’ in Africa? Why are they there? As China’s engagement with African countries intensifies, and the size of the Chinese population in Africa increases, these questions have elicited substantial attention. Many attempts to provide a... Read More about Contextualizing Chinese migrations to Africa.