Re-thinking China's influence across surrounding jurisdictions: a concentric centre-periphery framework / Brian C.H. Fong -- More than sharp power: Chinese influence operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and beyond / Wu Jieh-min -- China's assimilation of peripheries in former Qing imperial frontiers: a comparative-historical perspective / Hung Ho-fung -- Peripheral nationalisms of Taiwan and Hong Kong under China's influence: a comparative-nationalism perspective / Wu Rwei-ren -- China's empire-building across peripheries: a comparative-imperialism perspective / Kwong Kin-ming -- China's influence on Hong Kong's elections: evidence from Legislative Council elections / Ma Ngok -- China's influence on Hong Kong's economy: lessons from mainlander tourism / Jackson Yeh -- China's influence on Hong Kong's media: subduing press freedom / Chan Chi Kit -- China's influence on Hong Kong's entertainment industry: lessons from film production / Klavier Wang -- China's influence on Hong Kong's religions: inter-religious comparison / Ying-ho Kwong -- China's influence on Taiwan's elections: the impact of the "1992 Consensus" on presidential elections / Wu Jieh-min and Liao Mei -- China's influence on Taiwan's economy: the economic statecraft of mainlander tourism / Tsai Hung-Jeng -- China's influence on Taiwan's media: A model of transnational diffusion of Chinese censorship / Huang Jaw-nian -- China's influence on Taiwan's entertainment industry: the Chinese state, entertainment capital, and netizens in the witch-hunt for "Taiwan independence suspects" / Liao Mei -- China's influence on Taiwan's religions: Mazu belief across the strait / Ku Ming-chun and Hong Ying-fa -- China's influence in Southeast Asia: no easy answers / Ian Chong -- China's influence in South Asia: under the shadow of the Sino-Indian relationship / Chietigj Bajpaee -- China's influence in Central Asia: Sinophobia and the wave of anti-China protests / Jun Kumakura -- China's influence in Austra