Monthly Weibo Climate Discourse Panel with Policy Events for China, 2015–2025

A monthly panel dataset derived from Chinese social media platform Weibo, covering climate change discourse from 2015 to 2025. The data includes BERTopic-based discourse dimensions, institutional policy event indicators, and related shock variables. It was created by Bing Pang and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Time-series analysis of public discourse trends based on monthly panel data.
• Dynamic econometric modeling of policy impacts based on institutional policy event indicators.
• Topic modeling validation and extension based on BERTopic-derived discourse dimensions.
• Analysis of discourse shocks and responses based on included shock variables.

Strengths

• Covers a significant 10-year time range from 2015 to 2025.
• Integrates multiple analysis dimensions: discourse topics, policy events, and shock variables.
• Data is structured as a monthly panel, suitable for longitudinal analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data source is limited to Weibo, which may not represent all Chinese public discourse.

Provenance

Source

Bing Pang Dataverse

Collection Method

Derived from Weibo climate change discourse.

Time Range

2015–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:42:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China