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Theses from 2026

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Retaliation management : trade imbalance and China’s retaliatory tariffs during the 2018 trade war, Jinpo LI (李錦坡)

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Chinese EFL teachers' intercultural competence : components, challenges and agentic actions, Peihua LI (李佩華)

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Structural empowerment and the work environment of nursing home care workers in China, Yawen OU (區雅雯)

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Wei Xiqin’s evolutionary plan for modern China, Nianhong QIU (邱念洪)

Theses from 2025

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我国跨境电商企业数字化转型的驱动因素研究, Hongjie CAO (曹红杰)

The impact of blunt force regulation on the shadow education market in China : a case study of double-reduction policy, Yu CHENG (程裕)

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From backstage to front stage : understanding dramaturgical work behavior in the workplace, Yufei CHENG (程昱斐)

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基于区块链技术的智能养老数据管理与隐私保护研究, Hengfeng CHEN (陈恒锋)

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Employment status and evaluation of government performance in COVID-19 containment : evidence from China, Jinye CHEN (陳錦燁)

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Beyong fledging and balancing : middle power's dual-track approcah to China's rise, Lisha CHEN (陳麗莎)

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Chinese women’s rising refusal of the family : the problems, the resistance, the post-family and post-capitalist work imaginaries, Peier CHEN (陳佩儿)

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The impacts of urban and rural education inequality on individual career development : the case of Guangdong Province, Shuang CHEN (陳爽)

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Rational tactical nuclear first use in asymmetric dyads and the states' calculus of costs in an era of interdependence : a game-theoretical approach, Chi Cheong CHIU (趙志鏘)

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Investigating the effects of cognitive loads on serial dependence and metacognition in visual working memory, Wing Sum CHIU (趙穎心)

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传统商业园区数字化转型升级中的挑战和对策 : 基于OpenX@X平台的实证研究, Jitao DAI (戴继涛)

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The changing dynamics of India-China relations since 2014 : a shift from asymme tric to symmetric security dilemma?, Soumyodeep DEB

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新时代税收征管环境下大企业税收风险管理体系研究, Guoyun DONG (董国云)

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The Confucian path to utopia : Liao Ping’s theory of great harmony, 1897–1918, Jiahui DONG (董嘉暉)

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线索广告设计对留资意愿的影响, Chuanbing FANG (方传兵)

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Machine learning research on time series data, Zeyi FAN (范澤懿)

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Curing the peasant's disease : Frank Oldt’s work and research on hookworm disease in South China, 1905-1926, Jiaying FU (傅嘉盈)

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Can mere possession of a consumer product boast your self-efficacy? A cultural perspective, Yixuan GAO (高藝璇)

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Embedded paradox : the integration of internationalization and localization in sino-foreign cooperative universities, Jiaxin GUO (郭嘉欣)

The decision-making and implementation of sports policy in rural China : a case study of Rongjiang county, Xinyue GUO (郭新月)

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Essays on economic behaviour, Yiting GUO (郭銥婷)

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Chinese prostitution policies from 1949 to 2024 : an analysis from the perspectives of Marxism, political economy, cultural citizenship, and feminism, Ning HE (何凝)

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Interrelationships among social media use, university social capital, and mental health outcomes in undergraduate, Md Hasan HOWLADER

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医药私域电商平台运营策略研究, Quanxi HUANG (黄全溪)

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谦卑领导行为对员工创新能力的影响机制研究, Songyong HU (胡松勇)

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不同经济性质的实际控制人对公司治理的影响 : 以2019-2022年间有处罚记录的广东省上市公司为研究对象, Siyuan JING (荆思源)

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Visual self-presentation and the socio-cultural construction of attractiveness in image-based online dating : a cross-cultural analysis of gender, sexuality, and cultural context in online dating profiles, Tobias KAMELSKI

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Transnational networks of film repetitions in East Asia : proliferation and limitations, Roman KUSAIKO

香港电动车的消费者行为与政策评估, Shu Ching Paul LAU (刘树正)

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数字化环境下资源类央国企的集中采购管理探析 : 基于A集团集中采购现状, Chen LIANG (梁辰)

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中国家族企业职场排斥与职业经理人创新行为的关系研究 : 情绪耗竭的中介作用与离职倾向的调节作用, Hang LI (李航)

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How public education policies drive economic growth in ASEAN : an analysis of resource allocation theory, human capital accumulation, and structural transformation pathways, Jiacheng LI (李佳澄)

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数字化赋能中国县域政府治理能力作用机理及路径研究, Jiawei LI (李佳蔚)

Teachers’ emotional intelligence and teachers’ job satisfaction : the mediating role of teacher trust, Zheng LIN (林正)

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乡村数字治理生态模式及其成效评估 : 以四川R县为例, Xuanyun LIU (刘选云)

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The relations between online communication, social capital and well-being in Chinese preadolescents, Xiaotong LI (李晓彤)

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消费者使用数字人民币的意愿研究, Xingbo LI (李兴波)

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The impact of housing stress on fertility intentions among young people in urban China, Fei OUYANG (歐陽斐)

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Coolness, leisure, and power : the development of Mokanshan summer resort in modern China, 1890–1937, Xuyan PAN (潘栩言)

The access to formal early childhood care and education service for children under age 3 in mainland China, Jinyan QI (⿑⾦燕)

Impact of gender stereotypes on highly-educated women’s childbearing intention in mainland China, Yougyu QIU (邱泳瑜)

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Towards scalable taxi demand prediction, Yifei SHEN (沈一飛)

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Self-interested cooperation in humans : an agent-based model of self-interest and an experimental investigation of cooperation willingness, Chris Mario STOLLE

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Exploring the impact of Guangdong Province's talent policies on the retention of fresh master's graduates for employment in Guangdong, Kai Hong SUN (孫啟航)

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企业基金会与大学生志愿者协同发展研究 : 以上海淑德公益基金会为例, Yange SUN (孙延歌)

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Understanding terminological competence disparities : an empirical study of novice and semi-professional translators in traditional Chinese medicine, Genggeng TAN (譚耿耿)

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Two essays on health and health behavior in China, Jiamin TAN (譚家敏)

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Scientific multimodal summarization : integrating knowledge across textual, visual and auditory content, Zusheng TAN (譚祖胜)

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A comparative study of Chinese-Foreign cooperation in running schools (CFCRS) : regulation, quality assurance, and impact on student development in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), Hongyi TAO (陶弘毅)

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A comparative study of FGCS and Non-FGCS in mainland China : an analysis based on the G University, Meihan TAO (陶美涵)

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Mobilizing social infrastructure and social capital in informal settlements in response to neglected tropical diseases in Pakistan, Azam TARIQ

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基于夜间灯光数据评估制造业上市公司信用风险的实证研究, Tusheng WANG (王土生)

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轻医美颜值改变与自我效能感、主观幸福感的实证研究, Xiao Lu WANG (王晓泸)

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在线评论中,从众框架与星级评分如何影响消费者购买决策 : 行为与事件相关电位分析, Yongping WANG (王永平)

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Exploring the strategies in creating and sustaining commons : organization, mobilization, and tactics in the Hong Kong context, Ho Yin Mickey WAN (溫浩賢)

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Gendered challenges in the Chinese workplace : examining maternity leave and discrimination against working mothers in Shenzhen, Tianyang WEN (聞天揚)

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吉林省冰雪经济发展中数字化创新模式与路径, Xi WU (吴茜)

Analyzing individuals willingness to delay retirement in China’s Initial Policy Stage : in the view of the multiple streams framework, Xiaokun WU (吴肖琨)

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Smartphone attachment in emerging adults : impact on mental health through basic psychological needs, Jialin XIAO (肖嘉林)

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轉型中國、生態政治與內亞書寫 : 張承志文學和思想研究, Huaji XU (許華集)

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Pathways to educational equality : insights from China’s higher education stratification and social stratification, Qingbin XU (徐慶彬)

Polycultural identity of Hong Kong University students learning in the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area, Donghai YAN (嚴東海)

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Promoting understanding of Soft Power Theory : a case study of Confucius Institutes along the Belt and Road, Dan YANG (楊丹)

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Youth creative writing on Chinese social media : a multimodal study of bullet comments on Bilibili from an integrated perspective, Liu YANG (楊柳)

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Development of isoscapes for Hong Kong freshwater streams as a basis for ecological studies, Hon Tim YIP (葉漢添)

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戴君鳳以「臆」解《詩》研究, Aifan ZHAN (詹璦璠)

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Essays on operational issues of online medical consultation platforms, Jinxin ZHANG (張金鑫)

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Three-stage latent dynamics forecasting (T-LDF) framework for Shenzhen Metro passenger flow prediction, Tianze ZHANG (張添澤)

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AI大模型在景区的应用研究, Weiping ZHANG (张卫平)

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Implementing “Xinshimin” : challenges in China’s Inclusive Financial Policy, Yongyi ZHAO (赵咏仪)

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Formulation and impact of wellness tourism policy on household income in rural China, Zhuoer ZHONG (鐘卓尔)

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关于公共厕所商业化可持续研究, Xiaolu ZHOU (周晓露)

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Unframing spatial presence and resonating aesthetic presence : a “continuous interaction” of visitor engagement with Chinese art, Yi ZHU (朱軼)

Theses from 2024

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Beyond poverty and violence : aspirations, capabilities, opportunity structures, and cross-border migration intention in Africa, Pascal AGBADI

Implications of the absence and barriers to cross-border pension portability (CBPP) : a study of Ghanaian health workers' experiences and return prospects from the United States of America, Victoria ANKRAH

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Stock liquidity and value relevance of earnings : evidence from a natural experiment, Joseph Maxwell ASAMOAH

A qualitative study of gender pay gap phenomenon : the case of Shenzhen maritime industry, Shengwei CAO (曹盛偉)

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Risk and protective factors for traditional bullying and cyberbullying victimization among adolescents : a multilevel cross-national study, Patrick CHANDA

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The impact of social-structural factors on the health of migrating older people in China : testing the buffering effect of social capital and social integration, Anqi CHEN (諶安琪)

Qualification mismatch and labour market outcomes : evidence from empirical study in mainland China, Xin CHEN (陳昕)

Impact of kin and non-kin caregivers on the subjective well-being of children in Hong Kong during their middle childhood, Ching Yi Cherry CHEUNG (張靜宜)

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Evaluating the application of a play-based intervention on emotion comprehension, regulation and prosocial behaviours in young children in Hong Kong, Mwaba Moono CHIPILI

The influence of family socioeconomic status on parental involvement and students' online academic performance : a case study in China’s Henan Province, Jing DANG (党静)

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A qualitative study on transnational caregiving for older parents in China, Silai DONG (董思萊)

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Impacts of social media use on the wellbeing of older adults : evidence from China during the COVID-19 pandemic, Xuying DONG (董旭穎)

The relationship between socioeconomic status and online academic help-seeking behaviour : role of attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy and intention, Yuying FAN (范毓莹)

A study on the localisation of home-based elderly services in Chinese urban communities, Diwen GUAN (關迪文)

Comparing the responses to the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic by the Chinese and American governments : a historical institutionalist analysis, Hong GU (顧泓)

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The discursive representations of Africanness and blackness in Chinese cyberspace : a critical discourse-historical analysis, Jiapei GU (顧佳佩)

Regulating private education in China : the case of school closure for private non-national curriculum schools since 2021, Ming JIANG (江明)

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Lived experiences, perceptions, and caregiving trajectories of family caregivers of youth with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Zambia, Ireen Manase KABEMBO

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Transnational higher education and quality assurance : a study of 2+2 student learning experience from Sino-UK cooperative universities, Guoguo KE (柯果果)

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Group dynamics, gender, and field : an ethnographic study of the yo-yoing sport subculture In Hong Kong, Ho Wang KWONG (鄺浩弘)

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Conservation genomics of endangered turtles : the Big-headed Turtle and the Beale's Eyed Turtle, Wing Him LEE (李穎謙)

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Assessing prevalence of blood parasites and ranaviruses in Hong Kong freshwater turtles, Julia LEUNG (梁可然)

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Two essays on electric vehicle subsidies and auto industries in China, Jing LIANG (梁靖)