Political Promotion Contenders in China and Vietnam with Internet Search and Media Data

China and Vietnam data on candidates for promotion during the 18th and 11th Party Congresses. The dataset contains original data on Internet search queries and media coverage for contenders, created by Dimitar D. Gueorguiev of Syracuse University. It was used to analyze the role of public profiles and elite-mass linkages in authoritarian promotion contests.

Use Cases

• Modeling promotion outcomes based on public profile metrics mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the relationship between media coverage and political fate under autocracy
• Testing theories of intra-elite conflict versus elite-mass linkages using search query data
• Comparing promotion mechanisms across single-party systems in China and Vietnam

Strengths

• Original data collection on Internet search queries and media coverage
• Focus on two specific political events: China's 2012 and Vietnam's 2011 Party Congresses
• Analysis addresses a gap in existing theories of authoritarian promotion

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Dimitar D. Gueorguiev, Syracuse University

Collection Method

Original data on Internet search queries and media coverage

Time Range

Covers China's 18th Party Congress (2012) and Vietnam's — 11th Party Congress (2011)

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

China and Vietnam