Xinchuchu Gao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4096647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xinchuchu Gao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xinchuchu |
| FAMILY NAME | Gao |
| SIGNATURE | GAO X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5664-9122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
China's Identity Construction in Global Data Governance
As data governance becomes a central arena for normative contestation and global standard-setting, China's state-centric governance model has emerged as a third paradigm alongside the US's market-oriented model and the EU's rights-based data protection regime. This study argues that prevailing interpretations portraying China as an authoritarian challenger to the liberal order overlook its domestic context, developmental imperatives, and the rela…
From the Green to the Just Transition: The Emergence of the Compensatory State in the EU's Approach to Climate Change
In this paper, we investigate the adaptation of the EU climate stances between the early 2000s until today. Historically tracing the EU's approach to the green transition, we highlight an increasing role of interventionist frames within European discourses and policies. As the realms of intervention have increased, so has the EU's emphasis on the need to provide social protection for the sections of the population that have more to lose from a la…
The regime complex for digital trade in Asia and China’s engagement
The rapid development of information and communication technologies over the past two decades has resulted in profound transformations in traditional economic and trade activities, leading to the scaling of digital trade across the Asian region and beyond. Drawing on the conceptual framework of the regime complex, this article seeks to delineate the main features of regional digital trade governance in the Asian region and China’s engagement with…
Geopolitics and Transnational Data Governance
This editorial introduces a thematic issue that examines the geopolitics of transnational data governance through interdisciplinary perspectives. It explores how data governance—once a technocratic concern—has become a core domain of geopolitical rivalry and statecraft. Contributions in this issue highlight the tensions between data sovereignty and transnational flows, great power rivalry in transnational data governance, the growing importance o…
The EU’s twin transitions towards sustainability and digital leadership: A coherent or fragmented policy field
In order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality, while also enhancing Europe’s industrial competitiveness on the global stage, the acceleration of the twin—green and digital—transitions has been among the top priorities for the EU. Given the multiplicity of policy areas involved in these twin transitions as well as the nature of the EU as a multilevel organisation, coherence is the key requirement for the twin transitions to be successful. Dra…
Norm diffusion in cyber governance: China as an emerging norm entrepreneur
In light of China's growing weight as a technological power in the international arena, an increasing body of literature is dedicated to conceptualizing China as a nascent norm-shaper in global cyber governance. However, a nuanced investigation into the process of China's norm diffusion in cyber governance has been lacking. Drawing on the latest advancements from norm diffusion theory, this study provides a nuanced understanding of the complex an…
Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China
An Attractive Alternative? China’s Approach to Cyber Governance and Its Implications for the Western Model
China’s cyber norm-building efforts can be usefully explored based on the concept of the norm life cycle developed by Finnemore and Sikkink. Although China puts cyber sovereignty and government involvement at the core of its cyber governance approach, its Internet policies are a result of interactions between state agencies and business units, and recent reforms suggest greater involvement of Chinese companies. Moreover, many countries, including…
Role enactment and the contestation of global cybersecurity governance
This research seeks to unpack the development of the EU as a security actor in cyberspace. Drawing on the theoretical approach of role theory, this article shows that the EU’s role in cyberspace should be understood in relationality to the other poles. On the one hand, the declining hegemonic role of the US in cyberspace as well as the divergence between the US and the EU with regard to cybersecurity governance has made the EU more aware of the n…
Understanding the EU’s changing trade policy strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region from a role-theory perspective
The past decade has witnessed an increasing nexus between the European Union’s trade and foreignpolicy toward Asia. On the one hand, the EU has sought to deepen economic cooperation with its keyAsian partners since this region has become central to the EU’s economic growth. On the other hand,the EU has increasingly used its trade policy as a foreign policy tool to pursue its geopolitical interestsin Asia. Against this background, the paper seeks …
The EU’s twin transitions towards sustainability and digital leadership: A coherent or fragmented policy field
In order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality, while also enhancing Europe’s industrial competitiveness on the global stage, the acceleration of the twin—green and digital—transitions has been among the top priorities for the EU. Given the multiplicity of policy areas involved in these twin transitions as well as the nature of the EU as a multilevel organisation, coherence is the key requirement for the twin transitions to be successful. Dra…
From the Green to the Just Transition: The Emergence of the Compensatory State in the EU's Approach to Climate Change
In this paper, we investigate the adaptation of the EU climate stances between the early 2000s until today. Historically tracing the EU's approach to the green transition, we highlight an increasing role of interventionist frames within European discourses and policies. As the realms of intervention have increased, so has the EU's emphasis on the need to provide social protection for the sections of the population that have more to lose from a la…
Norm diffusion in cyber governance: China as an emerging norm entrepreneur
In light of China's growing weight as a technological power in the international arena, an increasing body of literature is dedicated to conceptualizing China as a nascent norm-shaper in global cyber governance. However, a nuanced investigation into the process of China's norm diffusion in cyber governance has been lacking. Drawing on the latest advancements from norm diffusion theory, this study provides a nuanced understanding of the complex an…
Role enactment and the contestation of global cybersecurity governance
This research seeks to unpack the development of the EU as a security actor in cyberspace. Drawing on the theoretical approach of role theory, this article shows that the EU’s role in cyberspace should be understood in relationality to the other poles. On the one hand, the declining hegemonic role of the US in cyberspace as well as the divergence between the US and the EU with regard to cybersecurity governance has made the EU more aware of the n…
Understanding the EU’s changing trade policy strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region from a role-theory perspective
The past decade has witnessed an increasing nexus between the European Union’s trade and foreignpolicy toward Asia. On the one hand, the EU has sought to deepen economic cooperation with its keyAsian partners since this region has become central to the EU’s economic growth. On the other hand,the EU has increasingly used its trade policy as a foreign policy tool to pursue its geopolitical interestsin Asia. Against this background, the paper seeks …
Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China
An Attractive Alternative? China’s Approach to Cyber Governance and Its Implications for the Western Model
China’s cyber norm-building efforts can be usefully explored based on the concept of the norm life cycle developed by Finnemore and Sikkink. Although China puts cyber sovereignty and government involvement at the core of its cyber governance approach, its Internet policies are a result of interactions between state agencies and business units, and recent reforms suggest greater involvement of Chinese companies. Moreover, many countries, including…
Role enactment and the contestation of global cybersecurity governance
This research seeks to unpack the development of the EU as a security actor in cyberspace. Drawing on the theoretical approach of role theory, this article shows that the EU’s role in cyberspace should be understood in relationality to the other poles. On the one hand, the declining hegemonic role of the US in cyberspace as well as the divergence between the US and the EU with regard to cybersecurity governance has made the EU more aware of the n…
The EU’s twin transitions towards sustainability and digital leadership: A coherent or fragmented policy field
In order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality, while also enhancing Europe’s industrial competitiveness on the global stage, the acceleration of the twin—green and digital—transitions has been among the top priorities for the EU. Given the multiplicity of policy areas involved in these twin transitions as well as the nature of the EU as a multilevel organisation, coherence is the key requirement for the twin transitions to be successful. Dra…
Norm diffusion in cyber governance: China as an emerging norm entrepreneur
In light of China's growing weight as a technological power in the international arena, an increasing body of literature is dedicated to conceptualizing China as a nascent norm-shaper in global cyber governance. However, a nuanced investigation into the process of China's norm diffusion in cyber governance has been lacking. Drawing on the latest advancements from norm diffusion theory, this study provides a nuanced understanding of the complex an…
The regime complex for digital trade in Asia and China’s engagement
The rapid development of information and communication technologies over the past two decades has resulted in profound transformations in traditional economic and trade activities, leading to the scaling of digital trade across the Asian region and beyond. Drawing on the conceptual framework of the regime complex, this article seeks to delineate the main features of regional digital trade governance in the Asian region and China’s engagement with…
Geopolitics and Transnational Data Governance
This editorial introduces a thematic issue that examines the geopolitics of transnational data governance through interdisciplinary perspectives. It explores how data governance—once a technocratic concern—has become a core domain of geopolitical rivalry and statecraft. Contributions in this issue highlight the tensions between data sovereignty and transnational flows, great power rivalry in transnational data governance, the growing importance o…
China's Identity Construction in Global Data Governance
As data governance becomes a central arena for normative contestation and global standard-setting, China's state-centric governance model has emerged as a third paradigm alongside the US's market-oriented model and the EU's rights-based data protection regime. This study argues that prevailing interpretations portraying China as an authoritarian challenger to the liberal order overlook its domestic context, developmental imperatives, and the rela…
From the Green to the Just Transition: The Emergence of the Compensatory State in the EU's Approach to Climate Change
In this paper, we investigate the adaptation of the EU climate stances between the early 2000s until today. Historically tracing the EU's approach to the green transition, we highlight an increasing role of interventionist frames within European discourses and policies. As the realms of intervention have increased, so has the EU's emphasis on the need to provide social protection for the sections of the population that have more to lose from a la…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · China (5 works) · Corporate governance (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies (4 works) · International trade (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic system (3 works)