Jonathan Sullivan Explained

Module:	Embed: yes Office1: Head of China Programmes at the Asia Research Institute Term Start1: 2018 Office2: Director of the China Policy Institute Term Start2: 2014 Term End2: 2018 Predecessor2: Steve Tsang Office3: Director of the Research, Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies Term Start3: 2012 Term End3: 2014
Jonathan Sullivan 蘇立文
Alma Mater:	University of Leeds University of Nottingham
Workplaces:	Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham
Thesis Title:	Negativity and Information in Campaign Advertising
Thesis Year:	2010
Thesis Url:	http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11138/
Doctoral Advisor:	Cees van der Eijk, Phil Cowley, Will Lowe
Discipline:	Political science Political sociology Sinology
Sub Discipline:	Political communications Foreign policy of China Taiwan studies
Academic Advisors:	Joern Dosch, Chris Dent

Jonathan Sullivan (Chinese: 蘇立文) is a British political scientist and Sinologist who researches political communications in China, Taiwan and other East Asian contexts, China's Internet and cyber-nationalism,^{[1] [2]} studies of the Confucius Institutes,^[3] and China's politics of celebrity culture, hip hop and football.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Sullivan is Head of China Programmes at the Asia Research Institute (ARI) and associate professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. Sullivan is an editor of The Asia Dialogue, the online journal of the ARI.^[7] He is a co-founder of the China Soccer Observatory (CSO) with Simon Chadwick^[8] and a member of The China Quarterly Executive Committee.^[9]

Early life and education

Sullivan comes from Kent, England. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Modern Chinese Studies and Master's degree in Asia Pacific Studies, all at the University of Leeds, Sullivan went to the University of Nottingham for learning Political Science, where he got another master's degree (2005-2006) and completed his PhD (2006-2010).^[10]

Academic career

From 2009 to 2011, Sullivan was a RCUK Fellow for China, Globalization and Civil Society. In 2012, he moved over to the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham to work with Steve Tsang, who was Head of the School, as Director of Research. In 2014, Sullivan went back to the School of Politics as Director of the China Policy Institute (CPI).^[11]

He was the Director of the CPI and Editor-in-Chief of the institute's online journal China Policy Institute: Analysis until 2018, when the CPI merged into ARI.^{[12] [13]}

Sullivan was a British Science Association media fellow who facilitated a period of work at and writing for the BBC.^[14]

Works

Books

• A New Era in Democratic Taiwan: Trajectories and Turning Points in Politics and Cross-Strait Relations, with Chun-Yi Lee (Routledge, 2018)
• China’s Football Dream (Asia Research Institute e-Book, 2018)

Selected articles

• Sullivan, J., & Wang, W. (2022). China's “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy”: The Interaction of Formal Diplomacy and Cyber-Nationalism. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.
• Sullivan, J., Jeu, S. & Wang, W. (2021). Rising Cyber China. Turkish Policy Quarterly.
• Sullivan, J., & Lee, D. S. (2018). Soft Power Runs into Popular Geopolitics: Western Media Frames Democratic Taiwan. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 1(2), 273–300.
• Sullivan, J. (2014). China's Weibo: Is Faster Different?. New Media & Society, 16(1), 24–37.

Selected op-eds

• Taiwan and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, China Policy Institute: Analysis. Jan 27, 2018.
• Western universities are not prepared for engaging with China. Nikkei Asian Review. Dec 27, 2017.
• Trump, Taiwan, and the ‘One China’ Policy. The Diplomat. Feb 28, 2017.
• How the Global Media Frames Taiwan and Gets it Wrong. Global Taiwan Institute 1(13). Dec 14, 2016.
• Chinese Celebrity and the Soft Power Machine. China Film Insider. April 3, 2016.
• “Asia for Asians”: Would it mean “Asia for Chinese?” India-China Chronicle. May–June 2015.
• The Taiwan-China Meeting. The Diplomat. Feb 11 2014.

References

1. China's "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy": The Interaction of Formal Diplomacy and Cyber-Nationalism . Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 2023 . 10.1177/18681026221079841 . Sullivan . Jonathan . Wang . Weixiang . 52 . 68–88 . 247467219 . free .
2. Web site: A Rising "Cyber China" . 2023-01-07 . Turkish Policy Quarterly . en.
3. Web site: Confucius Institutes Returning to US Schools under New Name . 2023-01-07 . VOA.
4. Web site: Chinese Engagement with the Global Game . 2023-01-07 . . en.
5. Web site: 2019-10-08 . Jonathan Sullivan . 2023-01-07 . . en.
6. Web site: Dr. Jonathan Sullivan . 2023-01-07 . Universität Tübingen.
7. Web site: 2020-04-09 . Message from The Asia Dialogue . 2023-01-07 . Asia Dialogue . en-GB.
8. Web site: China Soccer Observatory . 2023-01-07 . The University of Nottingham.
9. Web site: Editorial board . 2023-01-07 . Cambridge Core . en.
10. Web site: Jonathan Sullivan . 2023-01-07 . University of Nottingham.
11. Web site: 2011-10-25 . Vita . 2023-01-07 . Dr Jonathan Sullivan Hompeage . en.
12. Web site: Open Seminar: Coming conflict in the Taiwan Strait? . 2023-01-07 . . en.
13. Web site: 2018-06-06 . Goodbye to China Policy Institute: Analysis . 2023-01-07 . China Policy Institute: Analysis . en.
14. News: Sullivan . Jonathan . 2016-09-14 . Beautiful and mathematical: Football as a numbers game . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-01-07.

External links

• • Jonathan Sullivan's articles at South China Morning Post
• Jonathan Sullivan's articles at The National Interest
• Jonathan Sullivan's articles at The News Lens