Cyber Nationalism and Regime Support under Xi Jinping: The Effects of the 2018 Constitutional Revision

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This article examines popular nationalism and regime support in the Xi era by evaluating news comments from a major overseas Chinese website on the 2018 constitutional amendments removing presidential term limits. It finds that the event was not only contested among overseas and domestic Chinese, but also has alienated many nationalists who previously supported the regime. Even the subsequent pro-regime discourse is less focused on support for Xi or the regime, and more about distrust of the West and dissidents. However, some citizens have become less critical toward the regime out of the concern of external threats. The findings confirm the Xi Jinping effect on nationalist regime support, and show how China’s international and domestic environments may activate nationalist sentiment differently.

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Han, R. (2021). Cyber Nationalism and Regime Support under Xi Jinping: The Effects of the 2018 Constitutional Revision. Journal of Contemporary China, 30(131), 717–733. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2021.1884957

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