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Hai Yang

Hai Yang

University of Macau (China)

Biography

Hai Yang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau (Macau SAR, China). His research focuses on issues relating to legitimacy and legitimation in global governance, Chinese foreign policy and EU-China relations. His research output has appeared in International Studies Review, Global Policy, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Global Governance and Journal of Contemporary China, among others.

Background and education

  • (2019) Ph.D in KU Leuven
  • (2015) M.A. in College of Europe
  • (2012) B.A. in Peking University

Research

Research interests

  • Legitimacy and Legitimation in global governance
  • China Foreign Policy
  • EU foreign policy

Selected publications

  • Yang, Hai.2024.Counterframing, blame avoidance, and China’s rhetorical response to ‘debt-trap diplomacy’.ournal of Contemporary China,1–16Link

  • Yang Hai; Van Gorp, Baldwin

    .    2023.A frame analysis of political-media discourse on the Belt and Road Initiative: evidence from China, Australia, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Cambridge Review of International Affairs,36:625–651Link
  • Yang, Hai.2023.Rhetorical coercion, institutional legitimacy and the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.Global Policy,14Link
  • Yang, Hai.2023.Minding the gap: China contesting norms for public debt management?.Cambridge Review of International Affairs,1–25Link
  • Yang, Hai.2023.Securitization, frame alignment, and the legitimation of US chip export controls on China.The Pacific Review,1–24Link
  • Yang, Hai.2022.Legitimating the Belt and Road Initiative: evidence from Chinese official rhetoric.Third World Quarterly,43:823–845Link
  • Yang, Hai.2022.Politicizing Global Governance Institutions in Times of Crisis: The Case of World Health Organization during the Coronavirus Pandemic.Global Governance,28Link
  • Yang, Hai.2021.Contesting Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions: The Case of the World Health Organization During the Coronavirus Pandemic.International Studies Review,23:1813–1834LinkLogo open access

  • Yang, Hai; Keukeleire, Stephan

    .    2019.Rhetorical Legitimation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Evidence from Chinese State Media.Journal of Contemporary China,28:932–947Link

  • Yang Hai; Van Gorp, Baldwin

    .    2018.Framing the Asian infrastructure investment bank: a qualitative analysis of the political debate and media coverage on a China-led multilateral institution.The Pacific Review,32:603–634Link