Journal of Contemporary China

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| title = Journal of Contemporary China

| cover = JournalofContemporaryChina.jpg

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| editor = Suisheng Zhao

| discipline = Area studies

| abbreviation = J. Contemp. China

| publisher = Routledge

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| frequency = 5/year

| history = 1992-present

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| impact = 2.345

| impact-year = 2019

| website = http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10670564.asp

| link1 = http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjcc20/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjcc20

| link2-name = Online archive

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| ISSN = 1067-0564

| eISSN = 1469-9400

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The Journal of Contemporary China is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal on contemporary Chinese affairs.{{Cite web|date=March 30, 2021|title=Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitization and Foreign Policy - Virtual Event|url=https://caps.cornell.edu/protecting-chinas-interests-overseas-securitization-and-foreign-policy---virtual-event|website=Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences|publisher=The Levinson China & Asia-Pacific Studies Program}}{{Cite web|date=July 2018|title=Cheng-Chwee Kuik|url=https://www.fpi.sais-jhu.edu/cheng-chwee-kuik|website=Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS)|language=en}} It is published five times per year by Routledge and covers issues such as Chinese politics, law, economy, culture, and foreign policy, among others.{{Cite web|date=2014-07-16|title=Journals|url=https://u.osu.edu/mclc/bibliographies/journals/|website=Modern Chinese Literature and Culture|language=en-US}} It was purported to be the only English-language journal edited in North America that provides exclusive information about contemporary Chinese affairs for scholars, business people and government policy-makers.{{Cite web|title=Library Guides: English Language Resources on East Asia: English Language Journals Addressing Issues in East Asia|url=https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/english-language-east-asia/journals|website=University of California, Berkeley Libraries|language=en}}

As of 2025, the journal's editor is Suisheng Zhao (Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver).{{Cite web |title=About us: Editorial Board |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjcc20/about-this-journal |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Journal of Contemporary China |language=en}} Some scholars affiliated with the journal have also contributed to articles published by Brookings{{Cite web|date=2018-09-04|title=Adam P. Liff|url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/adam-p-liff/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2016-07-01|title=Kenneth G. Lieberthal|url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/kenneth-g-lieberthal/|website=Brookings|language=en-US}} and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.{{Cite web|title=Mingjiang Li, Author at Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative|url=https://amti.csis.org/author/mli/?lang=zh-hans|website=Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative}}{{Cite web|title=Scott Kennedy, Ph. D. Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies|url=https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Scott%20Kennedy%20Bio.pdf|website=United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission}}{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chen Weiss|url=https://www.csis.org/people/jessica-chen-weiss|website=Center for Strategic and International Studies}}