Local name, global fame: The international visibility of Chinese cities in modern times

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2652-2668

  Chen, Yunsong ^a   Yan, Fei ^b,c   Zhang, Yi ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

big data; Chinese cities; city brand; international visibility; media exposure; methods; urbanisation and developing countries

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; MODERNIZATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85025830878     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098016646674     Document Type: Article

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