Xu, Bin, Licheng Qian, and Weirong Guo. 2019. “The Cultural Sociology of China: Trajectory and Dynamics of a Burgeoning Field.” Cultural Sociology 13(4):387-410. [Link]

Zhou, Yi, Weirong Guo, Yajun Zheng, and Junchao Tang, eds. 2022. Cultural Sociology: Classics & Frontiers. Beijing: Peking University Press. (In Chinese) [Link]

Guo, Weirong, and Bin Xu. 2022. “Dignity in Red Envelopes: Disreputable Exchange and Cultural Reproduction of Inequality in Informal Medical Payment.” Social Psychology Quarterly 85(1):23-43. [Link]

Guo, Weirong. 2018. “Whose ‘Hongbao’ to Take: A Study of the Informal Transactions between Doctors and Patients with a Cultural Approach.” Sociological Journal 1:15-55. (In Chinese) [PDF]

Huang, Ronggui, Yong Gui, Boya Feng, Qiumeng Sun, Weirong Guo, and Ran Yi. 2014. Social Attitudes of Doctors in Contemporary China (当代中国医生心态研究). Shanghai: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press (In Chinese; Equal Authorship). [Link]

Guo, Weirong, and Zhengfen Wang. 2015. “Positions in the ‘System’ and Views on Social Change: A Comparative Analysis of Three Types of Middle-Class Professionals in China.” Journal of Gansu Administration Institute 112:68-80. [PDF in Chinese] [PDF in English]

Cheng, Haoran, Qianli Cheng, Junchao Tang, Yajun Zheng, and Weirong Guo. 2015. “Weak Political Concerns and the Tendency toward Entertainment: A Study of Chinese Undergraduates’ Political Attitudes in the Internet Era.” Sociology 108:1-14. (In Chinese) [PDF]

“’Politics is Dangerous’: Why Chinese College Students in the United States and China Struggle to Avoid Politics.” (Honorable Mention, 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Article Award, Association for Asian American Studies Social Science Caucus) Status: R&R

“‘I Call Many Places Home‘: How Chinese International Students in the United States Understand and Practice Cosmopolitanism.“

“‘Take Care of Yourself and Start with the Little Things’: How Chinese College Students Express and Practice Patriotism.”

“Whom to Trust, State or Society? The Differentiated Trust in Contemporary China.”