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Mechanical Responsiveness: China's Online Petition System

Jieren Hu; Xuan Gong; Yun Zhao · The China Quarterly 262, 293–309 · 2025

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Article
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Jieren Hu; Xuan Gong; Yun Zhao
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DOI 10.1017/S0305741025000220
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2026-09-01
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Quantitative analysis and interviews conducted in China in 2022–2024.

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DisputedLocal officials in China respond more to online complaints than to other citizen requests, but much of this responsiveness is performative, aimed at satisfying superiors rather than resolving problems.