The Economist: Call the Mayor! Chinese Officials Use Hotlines to Take the Public's Pulse

The Economist.  Feb. 4 2017

Related article: Fu, D. and G. Distelhorst.  "Public Transcripts: Articulating Authoritarian Citizenship in China."  Presented at the 2017 Annual Association of Political Science Meeting.

Boston Review: Making Chinese Officials Accountable, Blog by Blog

Boston Review.  Sept 27 2016.

Related article: Distelhorst, G. The Power of Empty Promises: Quasi-democratic Institutions and Activism in China. 2017. Comparative Political Studies. 50(4): 464-498.