Audience Effect of State Repression in China

• In Event: Public Opinion in China

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to explain the relative absence of public opinion backlash despite visible increase in the intensity of policing and repression in China. We argue that individuals have a predisposition to justify and rationalize state behaviors.

Authors

• Steve Bai, Yale University

• Jiangnan Zhu, The University of Hong Kong

• Juan Wang, McGill University

• Siqin Kang, The University of Hong Kong

• Kaixiao Liu, Yale University