PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

CLIMATE CHANGE POLITICS

Chen Xiang, and Terry van Gevelt. 2025. ‘China’s global leadership aspirations and domestic support for climate policy.’ Ecological Economics.

Chen Xiang, and Alex Lo. 2024. ‘Authoritarian environmentalism 2.0: An incremental transition of environmental governance in China.’ Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.

Chen Xiang, and Ric Neo. 2024. ‘Political fact-checking and its effects on public attitudes: Experimental evidence from China.’ The China Quarterly.

Chen Xiang, and Terry van Gevelt. 2022. ‘Political signalling and emissions trading schemes in China: Insights from Guangdong Province.’ Energy for Sustainable Development 71: 307-314.

Chen Xiang, and Terry van Gevelt. 2020. ‘Central inspection teams and the enforcement of environmental regulations in China.’ Environmental Science & Policy 112: 431-439.

FOREIGN POLICY

Chen Xiang, and Qiang Xin. 2024. ‘Swinging, reciprocity, and bargaining: How Guatemala maintains its relations with Taiwan.’ Taiwan Studies 1: 65-74. [in Chinese].

Chen Xiang, and Qiang Xin. 2023. ‘Small states as helpless pawns? Panama’s diplomatic strategy over the Taiwan Strait.’ Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 1-19.

Ric Neo, and Chen Xiang. 2022. ‘State rhetoric, nationalism and public opinion in China.’ International Affairs 98(4): 1327–1346.

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Jiejin Zhu, and Chen Xiang. 2017. ‘The anti-corruption standards of the World Bank and its implications for the New Development Bank‘. International Review 4: 42-56. [in Chinese].

BOOK PROJECT

China’s Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and Market (with Alex Lo) [Edward Elgar Publishing]

WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

More than one third of wind power could be unlocked with existing turbines to accelerate carbon neutrality in China (with Haiyang Lin, Zheng Wang, Haiyang Jiang, Chris P. Nielsen, and Michael B. McElroy)

Discrepancies between meteorological data estimates and actual wind farm generation across the US (with Haiyang Lin, Zheng Wang, Jing Cao, Chris P. Nielsen, and Michael B. McElroy)

Evolutionary game of global carbon pricing mechanism: Coalition formation, equitable pricing and emissions reduction (with Jing Cao, Mun Ho, Xian Hu)

Energy security revisited: Concept, transitions, and implications (with Qichang Ma, Mengqi Xie)

National climate change adaptation finance in China (with Alex Lo)

Three decades of energy policy tools in China: Evolution, stringency, and effectiveness

Rosier glasses of foreign countries: Who wants to leave China? (with Xiao Han)

Not press an enemy at bay: nationalism versus expansionism amid China-US conflicts (with Xiao Han)

Business responses to social and environmental challenges in China’s overseas development (with Hui Li)

Darkness under the light: Regional electricity reform and a proliferation of small dams in Yunnan province