In a recent study titled “Measuring Chinese economic sanctions 1949–2020: Introducing the China TIES dataset,” Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science at the University of Kansas, sheds light on China’s utilization of economic sanctions. Published in Conflict Management and Peace Science, the paper introduces a new dataset focusing on sanctions involving China and proposes a research framework to enhance understanding of non-Western economic sanctions.
Zhang, along with KU doctoral candidate Spencer Shanks, highlights the disparity between U.S. and Chinese sanction methods. While the U.S. heavily relies on formal sanctions, administered primarily by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, China’s approach tends to be more informal, often denied by the Chinese government.
According to Zhang, China’s increased economic influence globally over the past two decades has facilitated the rise in its use of sanctions. The Chinese Economic Sanctions dataset (China TIES) covers 135 episodes where China acted as the sender and 88 episodes where it was the target, spanning from 1949 to 2020.
The study reveals that while threats of sanctions are commonly more effective than their actual imposition, China deviates from this pattern. Despite this anomaly, Zhang hopes the research will provide valuable insights into China’s sanctions behavior within an international context.
Zhang, who also founded the KU Trade War Lab, focuses on the political economy of trade and conflict in East Asia. He aims to establish a new standard for building quantitative datasets rooted in regional expertise, offering a comprehensive understanding of China’s sanctions strategies.
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