Xinzhuo Huang
Education
MPhil in Social Science, currently enrolled
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HongKong
Under the guidance of Prof. CAI Yongshun and Prof. ZHANG Han
Full ScholarshipsMSc in Global China Studies, 2022
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HongKong
Dean’s AwardLLB in Political Science and Law, 2020
East China University of Political Science and Law, China
Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award
Outstanding Graduate Award
Working Paper
- The Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of State Repression: Evidence from Causal Forest
- Utilized causal forest to estimate heterogeneous effects.
- Utilized causal forest to estimate heterogeneous effects.
- Upward Targeting and Authoritarian Responsiveness in China, In Progress
- Created Word Embeddings based on massive peition data in China.
- Created Word Embeddings based on massive peition data in China.
Research Project
- Polarized Agenda-Setting by Global News Media: Salience and Valence of China News
- 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Los Angeles, USA).
- Co-author with Prof Jean Hong from University of Michigan and Prof Yusaku Horiuchi from Dartmouth College.
- Propaganda and Petition in China’s Zero-Covid Campaign, In Progress
- 2023 Young Scholars Conference in UC San Diego (CA, USA).
- Co-author with Dr Hongshen ZHU from University of Pennsylvania and Prof Haibing YAN from ECUPL.
Experience
Programming
- R, Advanced
- Quarto/Rmarkdown, Advanced
- Python, Advanced
- PostgreSQL, Beginner
- Julia, Beginner
- Javascript, Beginner
Real-time coding activity
Accumulated coding time 
Since Feb 2023