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The journal

China Perspectives is an interdisciplinary academic journal, established in 1995, which focuses on the political, social, economic and cultural evolutions of contemporary China (PRC, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan).

An academic journal

  • Endowed with an Editorial Board of internationally recognised experts in all areas of the social sciences;

  • All submissions are blindly reviewed by two anonymous external referees;

  • Indexed in 8 international databases (EBSCO, JStor, Scopus, Informit, Proquest…);

  • Ranked Q1 in Political Sciences & IR / Cultural Studies by SJR; indexed as ESCI; indexed by the French Agency for the Evaluation of Research (AERES) in Political Science in Sociology/demography and Anthropology, and by ERIH PLUS…

In a readable format

  • As a multidisciplinary journal, China Perspectives aims to make recent and original research accessible beyond disciplinary boundaries;

  • Using a variety of approaches, the journal covers the areas of politics, economics, social, and cultural developments in contemporary China;

  • A quarterly publication, the journal remains reactive to current events while maintaining the distance necessary to academic research;

  • Published in Hong Kong, the journal is close to the field and endeavours to publish ground-breaking work by Chinese scholars.

Structured in three sections

  • A special feature coordinated by an expert on the topic, which is approached through a collection of varied articles. Several special features have proven particularly popular over the years, such as those on New Approaches to the Political Regime under Xi Jingping, Twenty Years after the Hong Kong’s Handover, or China Rule of Law

  • Research articles devoted to all aspects of contemporary China;

  • Book reviews of recent publications as well as longer review essays of important works tracking the latest developments in the field of research.

Editorial Staff

Director of Publication

Benjamin Taunay

Chief Editor

Marie Bellot

Deputy Chief Editor

Justine Rochot

Editorial Manager

Constance Arhanchiague

Editors

Corrado Neri, Horacio Ortiz, Laurent Prévot

Proof-reader

Stacy Mosher

Subscription Manager

Henry Wu

Designer and Desktop Publisher

SKY Design / Tung Mei Design & Printing

History

Journal created in 1992 by Michel Bonnin (Chief Editor from 1992 to 1998), Jean-Philippe Béja and Raphaël Jacquet

Indexation

Indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) since 2019, in the European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS) since 2015, and ranked by the French High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) in Political Science, Sociology/demography and Anthropology, the journal guarantees high scientific quality both in the evaluation and editing processes of the published articles.

China perspectives on ERIH PLUS: https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/periodical/info.action?id=486386

JSTOR (Perspectives chinoises, 1992-2022): https://www.jstor.org/journal/perspectiveschin

JSTOR (China Perspectives, 1995-…): https://www.jstor.org/journal/chinaperspective

China perspectives on Web of Science: https://wos-journal.info/journalid/270

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