TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Citizen Satisfaction with Government Performance during COVID-19
AU - Wu, Cary
AU - Shi, Zilei
AU - Wilkes, Rima
AU - Wu, Jiaji
AU - Gong, Zhiwen
AU - He, Nengkun
AU - Xiao, Zang
AU - Zhang, Xiaojun
AU - Lai, Weijun
AU - Zhou, Dongxia
AU - Zhao, Feng
AU - Yin, Xiufang
AU - Xiong, Ping
AU - Zhou, Hao
AU - Chu, Qinghua
AU - Cao, Libin
AU - Tian, Ruijing
AU - Tan, Yu
AU - Yang, Liyong
AU - He, Zexuan
AU - Fairbrother, Malcolm
AU - Mewes, Jan
AU - Giordano, Giuseppe N
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - While foreign pundits have alternatively blamed and praised the Chinese government’s handling of the COVID-19 virus, little is known about how citizens within China understand this performance. This article considers how satisfied Chinese citizens are with their government’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. It first considers the impact of authoritarian control, political culture, and/or actual government performance on citizen satisfaction. Then, it tests the consequences of satisfaction and specifically whether citizen satisfaction leads to greater trust. Analyzing data from the first post-COVID survey of its kind (n = 19,816) conducted from April 22 to 28 April 2020, the authors find that Chinese citizens have an overall high level of satisfaction, but that this satisfaction drops with each lower level of government. Further, authoritarian control, political culture, and awareness of government performance all contribute to citizen satisfaction and this in turn, has enhanced public support for the Chinese government.
AB - While foreign pundits have alternatively blamed and praised the Chinese government’s handling of the COVID-19 virus, little is known about how citizens within China understand this performance. This article considers how satisfied Chinese citizens are with their government’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. It first considers the impact of authoritarian control, political culture, and/or actual government performance on citizen satisfaction. Then, it tests the consequences of satisfaction and specifically whether citizen satisfaction leads to greater trust. Analyzing data from the first post-COVID survey of its kind (n = 19,816) conducted from April 22 to 28 April 2020, the authors find that Chinese citizens have an overall high level of satisfaction, but that this satisfaction drops with each lower level of government. Further, authoritarian control, political culture, and awareness of government performance all contribute to citizen satisfaction and this in turn, has enhanced public support for the Chinese government.
U2 - 10.1080/10670564.2021.1893558
DO - 10.1080/10670564.2021.1893558
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102894679
SN - 1067-0564
VL - 30
SP - 930
EP - 944
JO - Journal of Contemporary China
JF - Journal of Contemporary China
IS - 132
ER -
