Replication Data for Transition of societal value and governance on water resources in China over 1946-2017

This dataset include news media reports on the evolution of societal value and governance network on water resources in China over 1946-2017. The newspaper adopted in this dataset is People’s Daily. The database include the tracking of water issues published in newspapers reflecting societal values on water resources as either economic development oriented or environmental sustainability oriented, as well as governance actors that mentioned along with the events.