L Han
Biographic Data
| ID | 30546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Han |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Han |
| SIGNATURE | HAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1496-106X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Navigating “fear of childbirth” on and off digital platforms: Market rationality and the localization of neoliberal feminism in China
The fear of childbirth (FOC) discourse on digital platforms is a pervasive yet understudied gender belief shaping contemporary gender dynamics in China. This study focuses on young Chinese urban middle-class women, who are active Red (Xiaohongshu) users at various marital and childbearing stages. Using critical discourse analysis of 187 FOC posts and in-depth interviews with 13 users, this study analyzes how market rationality shapes FOC discursi…
The morally responsible transgender citizen: Mediated self-representation and gender co-production on Chinese social media
This article examines how transgender organizations in China use WeChat life stories as organizationally mediated storytelling to render transgender and gender-diverse lives publicly recognizable amid censorship, platform uncertainty, and moralized scrutiny. Drawing on a thematic analysis of 135 life stories published between 2021 and 2025 by three prominent transgender organizations, it argues that these stories co-produce the figure of the mora…
Managing blood on the move: The temporal-spatial menstruation management among female platform-based food delivery workers in Hong Kong
Four-quadrant analysis of universal health coverage progress in the Western Pacific region: Facilitators, barriers, and trajectories to 2030
BACKGROUND: Universal health coverage (UHC) progress in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) varies across countries and between service coverage (SDG 3.8.1) and financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). OBJECTIVES: To characterize patterns and trajectories of UHC progress in the WPR, identify associated health-system and socioeconomic factors, and project progress to 2030. METHODS: This convergent mixed-methods study used data from the WHO, World Bank, and UN…
Flexible Choice or No Choice: Navigating Life Course and Platform Flexibility Among Female Platform‐Based Food Delivery Workers in Taiwan
Although platform‐based work is celebrated for its flexibility and autonomy, enabling women to manage their own schedules across the work–life nexus, there is a limited understanding of how women of different life stages navigate work–life balance and their long‐term work prospects. This study investigates how life course shapes women's experiences in platform‐based food delivery. Drawing on qualitative studies with female platform food delivery …
Community Leadership in a Dynamic Perspective: An Exploratory Study of Community Foundations in Hong Kong During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study investigates the activities of three foundations in Hong Kong and their strategies for nurturing community leadership amid the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023). Employing a community leadership framework, we adopt an interpretive approach based on three case studies to address: How do foundations navigate crises like natural disasters and financial downturns from a community leadership perspective? This exploratory study builds on the exi…
Engaging Animals in Taiwanese Buddhism: Two Case Studies
Animals play a significant role in Taiwanese Buddhist environmental practices. This article examines two relatively well-known animal-focused organizations: the Life Conservation Association ( LCA ), founded by Shi Chao Hwei, and Sheng Ming, established by Shi Hai Tao. Our discussion illuminate the central role of animals in shaping the Buddhist understanding of suffering and the different responses it elicits within the Buddhist community, such …
Riben zhimin xiade tamen: Zhanxian nengli yinling Taiwan nüxing jiuye de zhichang nüxianfeng 日本殖民下的她們:展現能力,引領臺灣女性就業的職場女先鋒 (Women under Japanese colonial rule: Demonstrating abilities, leading Taiwan’s…
When digital feminisms collide with nationalism: Theorizing “pink feminism” on Chinese social media
Metoo activism without the #MeToo hashtag: Online debates over entertainment celebrities’ sex scandals in China
Hashtag activism is a common practice of digital feminism to challenge patriarchal orders. As the Chinese government has intensified its control over social media, a notable feature of the ongoing #MeToo movement is the absence of the hashtag itself. Within tightened state control online, how does hashtag activism build upon network connections to continue its impact without the hashtag? In this research, we compare the two largest sex scandals o…
The platformization of digital philanthropy in China: State, tech companies, and philanthropy engineering
Although there may be disagreement about the consequences of technology, such as the Internet, on Chinese philanthropy, there is consensus that giant tech companies have profoundly reshaped the field. One outcome is that this has led to the rise of digital philanthropy. The extant studies on the impact of the Internet on philanthropic practices tend to be limited to investigations of a specific platform (e.g. Weibo), while overlooking the heterog…
Innovative Deviance in a Rule-Bound City-State
Funding and service provision are fundamental tenets of nonprofit organizations in Singapore. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the resilience of the nonprofit sector and beckoned the government to respond with digitalization programs that blend into the innovative capacity of the nonprofit sector. Consequently, digitalization has produced different versions of innovation that have helped tide nonprofits over this difficult time,…
Alternative Media and the Queer Feminist Community: The Lesbian Print Magazine in China
This article discusses how lesbian alternative media developed in China. Under the resource-scarce condition, the lesbian print magazine as an alternative media helps align the isolated lesbian networks when other forms of social media were less prevalent. Using the first and the longest-running lesbian underground print magazine Les+ as my case study, I examine the development of the Chinese lesbian communities and their diversification through …
Taiwanese Buddhism and Environmentalism: A Mixed Method Study
Buddhism is often said to be an environment-friendly religion, but this thesis is rarely investigated. In this paper, we employ a mixed-method approach to examine this thesis in the case of Taiwan. We use data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey ( tscs ) and apply qualitative content analysis to examine practices among major Taiwanese Buddhist organizations. The findings suggest: (1) Buddhists in Taiwan engage significantly more in environment-f…
When digital feminisms collide with nationalism: Theorizing “pink feminism” on Chinese social media
Metoo activism without the #MeToo hashtag: Online debates over entertainment celebrities’ sex scandals in China
Hashtag activism is a common practice of digital feminism to challenge patriarchal orders. As the Chinese government has intensified its control over social media, a notable feature of the ongoing #MeToo movement is the absence of the hashtag itself. Within tightened state control online, how does hashtag activism build upon network connections to continue its impact without the hashtag? In this research, we compare the two largest sex scandals o…
Alternative Media and the Queer Feminist Community: The Lesbian Print Magazine in China
This article discusses how lesbian alternative media developed in China. Under the resource-scarce condition, the lesbian print magazine as an alternative media helps align the isolated lesbian networks when other forms of social media were less prevalent. Using the first and the longest-running lesbian underground print magazine Les+ as my case study, I examine the development of the Chinese lesbian communities and their diversification through …
The platformization of digital philanthropy in China: State, tech companies, and philanthropy engineering
Although there may be disagreement about the consequences of technology, such as the Internet, on Chinese philanthropy, there is consensus that giant tech companies have profoundly reshaped the field. One outcome is that this has led to the rise of digital philanthropy. The extant studies on the impact of the Internet on philanthropic practices tend to be limited to investigations of a specific platform (e.g. Weibo), while overlooking the heterog…
Community Leadership in a Dynamic Perspective: An Exploratory Study of Community Foundations in Hong Kong During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study investigates the activities of three foundations in Hong Kong and their strategies for nurturing community leadership amid the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023). Employing a community leadership framework, we adopt an interpretive approach based on three case studies to address: How do foundations navigate crises like natural disasters and financial downturns from a community leadership perspective? This exploratory study builds on the exi…
Taiwanese Buddhism and Environmentalism: A Mixed Method Study
Buddhism is often said to be an environment-friendly religion, but this thesis is rarely investigated. In this paper, we employ a mixed-method approach to examine this thesis in the case of Taiwan. We use data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey ( tscs ) and apply qualitative content analysis to examine practices among major Taiwanese Buddhist organizations. The findings suggest: (1) Buddhists in Taiwan engage significantly more in environment-f…
Innovative Deviance in a Rule-Bound City-State
Funding and service provision are fundamental tenets of nonprofit organizations in Singapore. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the resilience of the nonprofit sector and beckoned the government to respond with digitalization programs that blend into the innovative capacity of the nonprofit sector. Consequently, digitalization has produced different versions of innovation that have helped tide nonprofits over this difficult time,…
Alternative Media and the Queer Feminist Community: The Lesbian Print Magazine in China
This article discusses how lesbian alternative media developed in China. Under the resource-scarce condition, the lesbian print magazine as an alternative media helps align the isolated lesbian networks when other forms of social media were less prevalent. Using the first and the longest-running lesbian underground print magazine Les+ as my case study, I examine the development of the Chinese lesbian communities and their diversification through …
Metoo activism without the #MeToo hashtag: Online debates over entertainment celebrities’ sex scandals in China
Hashtag activism is a common practice of digital feminism to challenge patriarchal orders. As the Chinese government has intensified its control over social media, a notable feature of the ongoing #MeToo movement is the absence of the hashtag itself. Within tightened state control online, how does hashtag activism build upon network connections to continue its impact without the hashtag? In this research, we compare the two largest sex scandals o…
The platformization of digital philanthropy in China: State, tech companies, and philanthropy engineering
Although there may be disagreement about the consequences of technology, such as the Internet, on Chinese philanthropy, there is consensus that giant tech companies have profoundly reshaped the field. One outcome is that this has led to the rise of digital philanthropy. The extant studies on the impact of the Internet on philanthropic practices tend to be limited to investigations of a specific platform (e.g. Weibo), while overlooking the heterog…
Engaging Animals in Taiwanese Buddhism: Two Case Studies
Animals play a significant role in Taiwanese Buddhist environmental practices. This article examines two relatively well-known animal-focused organizations: the Life Conservation Association ( LCA ), founded by Shi Chao Hwei, and Sheng Ming, established by Shi Hai Tao. Our discussion illuminate the central role of animals in shaping the Buddhist understanding of suffering and the different responses it elicits within the Buddhist community, such …
Riben zhimin xiade tamen: Zhanxian nengli yinling Taiwan nüxing jiuye de zhichang nüxianfeng 日本殖民下的她們:展現能力,引領臺灣女性就業的職場女先鋒 (Women under Japanese colonial rule: Demonstrating abilities, leading Taiwan’s…
When digital feminisms collide with nationalism: Theorizing “pink feminism” on Chinese social media
Flexible Choice or No Choice: Navigating Life Course and Platform Flexibility Among Female Platform‐Based Food Delivery Workers in Taiwan
Although platform‐based work is celebrated for its flexibility and autonomy, enabling women to manage their own schedules across the work–life nexus, there is a limited understanding of how women of different life stages navigate work–life balance and their long‐term work prospects. This study investigates how life course shapes women's experiences in platform‐based food delivery. Drawing on qualitative studies with female platform food delivery …
Community Leadership in a Dynamic Perspective: An Exploratory Study of Community Foundations in Hong Kong During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study investigates the activities of three foundations in Hong Kong and their strategies for nurturing community leadership amid the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023). Employing a community leadership framework, we adopt an interpretive approach based on three case studies to address: How do foundations navigate crises like natural disasters and financial downturns from a community leadership perspective? This exploratory study builds on the exi…
Navigating “fear of childbirth” on and off digital platforms: Market rationality and the localization of neoliberal feminism in China
The fear of childbirth (FOC) discourse on digital platforms is a pervasive yet understudied gender belief shaping contemporary gender dynamics in China. This study focuses on young Chinese urban middle-class women, who are active Red (Xiaohongshu) users at various marital and childbearing stages. Using critical discourse analysis of 187 FOC posts and in-depth interviews with 13 users, this study analyzes how market rationality shapes FOC discursi…
The morally responsible transgender citizen: Mediated self-representation and gender co-production on Chinese social media
This article examines how transgender organizations in China use WeChat life stories as organizationally mediated storytelling to render transgender and gender-diverse lives publicly recognizable amid censorship, platform uncertainty, and moralized scrutiny. Drawing on a thematic analysis of 135 life stories published between 2021 and 2025 by three prominent transgender organizations, it argues that these stories co-produce the figure of the mora…
Managing blood on the move: The temporal-spatial menstruation management among female platform-based food delivery workers in Hong Kong
Four-quadrant analysis of universal health coverage progress in the Western Pacific region: Facilitators, barriers, and trajectories to 2030
BACKGROUND: Universal health coverage (UHC) progress in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) varies across countries and between service coverage (SDG 3.8.1) and financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). OBJECTIVES: To characterize patterns and trajectories of UHC progress in the WPR, identify associated health-system and socioeconomic factors, and project progress to 2030. METHODS: This convergent mixed-methods study used data from the WHO, World Bank, and UN…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Marketing (3 works)