America’s “China-First” grand strategy and the transatlantic bargain: revisiting the security–economics nexus by Desmaele, Linde

“…US policymakers today increasingly view China as the main challenge to the latter. Accordingly, this article’s driving hypothesis is that the more significance the USA assigns to its European allies in the context of its China agenda, the more it will, for better or worse, seek to maintain (some degree of) European security dependence on the USA. …”
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Figuring the Middle Ground: A Search for Authorship in Perceiving China's COVID-19 Lockdowns by Zhang, San

“…Witnessing and attempting to comprehend China’s controversial response to COVID-19 over the past three years from a geographically distant yet culturally and emotionally intimate standpoint, I have grappled with multiple perspectives, sometimes as an insider, sometimes as an outsider, and most of the time as an impostor to both. …”
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Capital Accumulation along Migratory Trajectories: China Students in Singapore's Secondary Education Sector by Yow, Cheun Hoe

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2006 competitiveness rankings of ASEAN-10, 31 mainland China and 79 Asian economies. by Suo, Yu Xiang., Lee, Joseph Chia Tat., Chong, Wei Han.

“…Computation of competitiveness rankings of ASEAN-10, 31 Mainland China and 79 Asian Economies, which is followed by evaluation of the rankings and conducting simulations for ASEAN-10 and 31 Mainland China Economies.…”
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Online forum and public sphere in China : the case of Qiangguo Luntan (Strengthening Nation Forum). by Li, Chunyu.

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Relict and modern sediments on the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea: a reconsideration by Wang, Yuming, Chen, Xiaohong, Switzer, Adam D., Li, Linlin, Xu, Yang, Wang, Yukun, Zhang, Peizhen

“…Modern sediments are primarily constrained to the NW inner shelf, which is fed by fluvial sands sourced from Coastal South China river systems and dominated by the Pearl River Estuary delivery. …”
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Generation and management of municipal solid waste in top metropolitans of China: a comparison with Singapore by He, Hongping, Gao, Xiaofeng, Fei, Xunchang

“…With the rapid urbanization in the last decades, especially after the year 2000, several metropolitans were formed. e.g., Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Chongqing that locate at four world-class megalopolises across China. The generation and management of municipal solid waste (MSW) are important components for city development, both of which are spatiotemporally heterogeneous among these metropolitans, as a result of diverse socioeconomic statuses. …”
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Reducing dependence on China? South Korea's shift in foreign policy under the Yoon administration by See, Yi Ro

“…Yoon has been actively expanding diplomatic relations beyond China, to the US and Indo-Pacific countries. Moreover, Korea’s relations with China have been filled with mounting challenges posed by North Korea’s nuclearisation, increasing Chinese aggression in the region and the US-China rivalry. …”
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The impact of foreign direct investment on the economy of the people's republic of China : a macroeconomic model by Lim, Harold Chee Kian, See Toh, Wai Meng, Hu, Koon Phei

“…The econometric study is purely empirical in nature and thus throws new light on the various channels through which FDI influences five macroeconomic variables: economic growth, exports, imports, national saving and domestic investment. For the case of China, FDI appears to have a positive effect on economic growth, exports and imports, negative effect on national savings and no significant effect on domestic investment. …”
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Identity matters ... even in maritime security : China, Japan and maritime cooperation in East Asia by Eva Pejsova

“…East Asia's maritime domain represents today one of the world's most complex security hotspots. The rise of China has been redefining the region’s international relations and power dynamics, triggering apprehensions in the neighbourhood and beyond. …”
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Having Peers and Becoming One: Collective Consciousness among Civil Society Actors in China by Wu, Fengshi

“…Therefore, the key to becoming a community for civil society in China lies in having peers for individual activists and NGO practitioners.…”
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Government Transparency and Perceived Social Equity: Assessing the Moderating Effect of Citizen Trust in China by Wu, Wei, Ma, Liang, Yu, Wenxuan

“…Using large sample citizen survey data from 36 major cities in China, we find that government transparency is positively related to perceived social equity. …”
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When chemosociality fails to produce chemosolidarity: public participation and chemical industry parks in China by Lora-Wainwright, A, Lou, LIT

“…<p>This article examines the potentials and limitations of the concept of “chemosociality” (Shapiro and Kirksey 2017) through a case study of Emerald, an environmental NGO addressing pollution in China’s chemical industry. Based on fieldwork and online research conducted since 2016, the article explores how chemosociality provides a lens to move beyond binary views of a homogeneous frontline communities battling against toxic industries. …”

Towards a multiple-scenario approach for walkability assessment: an empirical application in Shenzhen, China by Chan, ETH, Schwanen, T, Banister, D

“…The procedures for applying the multiple-scenario approach to a rapidly developing city in China are presented, using an environmental audit and reliability tests with data collected from four neighbourhoods of Shenzhen. …”

Translator’s visibility in mediating confrontational responses of “challenge” strategy at China’s diplomatic press conferences by Yang, Wei, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Ang, Lay Hoon, Yang, Mingxing

“…The study aims to unveil how translators deal with confrontational responses through their visibility in translating the diplomatic discourse of China’s diplomatic press conferences. Distinct from past theoretical frameworks, this study is grounded in the impoliteness strategies model (Bousfield, 2008) and the concept of translator’s visibility. …”
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An analysis of pedestrian preferences for wayfinding signage in urban settings: evidence from Nanning, China by Zhou, Jialu, Ujang, Norsidah

“…A photo-based survey consisting of 385 pedestrians in Nanning, China, reveals that while many wayfinding signs provide cognitive information, they score lower in visual preference due to poor sensory perception and difficulty in conveying meaning. …”
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Linking framing analysis and international news communication: a content analysis of newspaper coverage on the Sept. 11 attacks, Bali bombing and Madrid train bombing by Tan, Joann Li Hoeng, Yang, Yanni, Jamaliah Othman

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In vitro anti-cancer and antimicrobial effects of manganese oxide nanoparticles synthesized using Glycyrrhiza uralensis leaves extract on breast cancer cell lines by Althobiti, Maryam Musleh, Alzahrani, Badr, Elderdery, Abozer Y., Alzerwi, Nasser A. N., Rayzah, Musaed, Elkhalifa,, Ahmed M. E., Idrees, Bandar, Bakhsh, Ebtisam, Alabdulsalam, Abdulrahim A., Mohamedain, A., Kumar, Suresh S., Mok, Pooi Ling

“…In this study, we evaluated the antiproliferative and apoptotic properties of Pluronic-F127-containing manganese oxide nanoparticles (PF-127-coated Mn2O3 NPs) derived from the leaf extract of Glycyrrhiza uralensis (GU) on breast adenocarcinoma, MCF7, and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. The leaf extract of GU contains bioactive molecules that act as a reducing or capping agent to form Mn2O3 NPs. …”
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TWEAK/Fn14 signalling driven super-enhancer reprogramming promotes pro-metastatic metabolic rewiring in triple-negative breast cancer by Sim, Nicholas, Carter, Jean-Michel, Deka, Kamalakshi, Tan, Benita Kiat Tee, Sim, Yirong, Tan, Suet-Mien, Li, Yinghui

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The blue green algal bloom in the nearshore waters of Cukai bay facing the South China Sea by Shamsudin, Lokman

“…The Cukai bay, facing the South China Sea, has inflows from the Cukai river estuaries and other numerous small river tributaries. …”
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