“From the “Going Out” Project to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): What Does the BRI Mean for State-owned National Media?”

Xinhua News Agency
Xin, X. 2026. Forthcoming. Xinhua News Agency. in: Boyd-Barrett, O. and Aguiar, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of News Agencies Routledge.

Book review: Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication by Daya Kishan Thussu
Xin, X. 2025. Book review: Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication by Daya Kishan Thussu. International Journal of Communication. (19), pp. 1742-1745.

How are News Agencies Coping with Digital Disruption in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The Case of Xinhua
Xin, X. 2024. How are News Agencies Coping with Digital Disruption in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The Case of Xinhua . in: Orgeret, K.S. and Mutsvairo, B. (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Digital Journalism Palgrave Macmillan. pp. pp 181–194

Contextualising Soft Power in China
Xin, X. 2022. Contextualising Soft Power in China. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2022. (online), hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 11 - 15 Jul 2022

Xinhua News Agency
Xin, X. 2022. Xinhua News Agency. in: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism Thousand Oaks, CA Sage. pp. 1781-1784

(Re-)Popularizing Party Journalism in China: A Qualitative Study of Xinhua News Agency's Online Media Content
Xin, X. 2022. (Re-)Popularizing Party Journalism in China: A Qualitative Study of Xinhua News Agency's Online Media Content. in: Zhang, S.I. (ed.) Digital Journalism in China London Routledge. pp. 36-47

Digital disruptions, IA and News Agencies: The Case of Xinhua News Agency
Xin, X. 2021. Digital disruptions, IA and News Agencies: The Case of Xinhua News Agency. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2021. held online, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya 11 - 15 Jul 2021

Book review: Willing Collaborators: Foreign Partners in Chinese Media
Xin, X. 2020. Book review: Willing Collaborators: Foreign Partners in Chinese Media. Global Media and Communication. 16 (2), pp. 259-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766520912176

Soft Power to Whom? A Critical Analysis of the Publicity Film “CPC (Communist Party of China) is With You Along the Way” in Relation to China’s Soft Power Project
Xin, X. 2020. Soft Power to Whom? A Critical Analysis of the Publicity Film “CPC (Communist Party of China) is With You Along the Way” in Relation to China’s Soft Power Project. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. 18 (1), pp. 286-303. https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1087

Financialisation of News in China in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Xinhuanet
Xin, X. 2018. Financialisation of News in China in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Xinhuanet. 68th ICA Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic 24 - 28 May 2018

Popularizing Party Journalism in China in the Age of Social Media: The Case of Xinhua News Agency
Xin, X. 2018. Popularizing Party Journalism in China in the Age of Social Media: The Case of Xinhua News Agency. Global Media and China. 3 (1), pp. 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059436418768331

New Poles in Uncertain Times?
Xin, X. 2018. New Poles in Uncertain Times? in: Culture Report EUNIC Yearbook 2018, "Cultures of We": Europe and the Search for a New Narrative Göttingen, Germany Steidl Verlag. pp. 48-53

Financialisation of News in China in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Xinhuanet
Xin, X. 2018. Financialisation of News in China in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Xinhuanet. Media, Culture and Society. 40 (7), pp. 1039-1054. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443717745121

How the market is changing China's news: the case of Xinhua news agency
Xin, X. 2012. How the market is changing China's news: the case of Xinhua news agency. Lanham, US Lexington Books.

Web 2.0, grassroots journalism and social justice in China
Xin, X. 2011. Web 2.0, grassroots journalism and social justice in China. in: Meikle, G. and Redden, G. (ed.) News online: transformation and continuity New York Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 178-194

Public diplomacy games: a comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Xin, X. and Finlay, C.J. 2010. Public diplomacy games: a comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. 13 (5), pp. 876-900. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430431003651115

The impact of "citizen journalism" on Chinese media and society
Xin, X. 2010. The impact of "citizen journalism" on Chinese media and society. Journalism Practice. 4 (3), pp. 333-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512781003642931

Xinhua News Agency in the context of the 'crisis' of news agencies
Xin, X. 2010. Xinhua News Agency in the context of the 'crisis' of news agencies. in: Boyd-Barrett, O. (ed.) News agencies in the turbulent era of the Internet Barcelona Generalitat de Catalunya. pp. 283-303

Chindia’s challenge to global communication: a perspective from China
Xin, X. 2010. Chindia’s challenge to global communication: a perspective from China. Global Media and Communication. 6 (3), pp. 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766510384968

Xinhua News Agency in Africa
Xin, X. 2009. Xinhua News Agency in Africa. Journal of African Media Studies. 1 (3), pp. 363-377. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.1.3.363/1

Structural Change journalism practice: Xinhua News Agency in the early 2000s
Xin, X. 2008. Structural Change journalism practice: Xinhua News Agency in the early 2000s. Journalism Practice. 2 (1), pp. 46-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512780701768501

Research into Chinese media organisations. The case of Xinhua Shanghai bureau
Xin, X. 2008. Research into Chinese media organisations. The case of Xinhua Shanghai bureau. Javnost / The Public. 15 (1), pp. 39-56.

Xinhua news agency and globalization: negotiating between the global, the local and the national
Xin, X. 2007. Xinhua news agency and globalization: negotiating between the global, the local and the national. in: Boyd-Barrett, O. (ed.) Communications media, globalization, and empire Eastleigh, UK John Libbey & Company. pp. 111-128

How to do fieldwork?
Xin, X. 2007. How to do fieldwork? in: Carpentier, N., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Nordenstreng, K., Hartmann, M., Vihalemm, P., Cammaerts, B. and Nieminen, H. (ed.) Media technologies and democracy in an enlarged Europe Tartu University of Tartu Press. pp. 295-306

Editorial for WPCC special issue Media in China
Xin, X. 2006. Editorial for WPCC special issue Media in China. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 3 (1), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.16997/wpcc.3

Media in China, Special Issue
Xin, X. (ed.) 2006. Media in China, Special Issue. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 3 (1).

A quarter century of creative chaos: Xinhua News Agency 1980-2005
Xin, X. 2006. A quarter century of creative chaos: Xinhua News Agency 1980-2005. PhD thesis University of Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design

A developing market in news: Xinhua News Agency and Chinese newspapers
Xin, X. 2006. A developing market in news: Xinhua News Agency and Chinese newspapers. Media, Culture & Society. 28 (1), pp. 45-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443706059285

News probe: what does it tell us about Chinese journalism today?
de Burgh, H. and Xin, X. 2006. News probe: what does it tell us about Chinese journalism today? Medien Journal. 30 (2-3), pp. 52-66.