Xiaotian Li
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaotian Li |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaotian |
| FAMILY NAME | Li |
| SIGNATURE | LI X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Capital University of Physical Education and Sports |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9461-3606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
(How to) monetise ethnic identities on China’s social media platforms
How do ethnic minority influencers in China monetise their social media accounts while maintaining the authenticity of their ethnic identities? Drawing on observation data of their livestreaming activities and document data of their short video works, this article showcases the monetisation models of three ethnic influencers: an ethnic culture and language lover selling ethnic language courses, an ethnic entertainment livestreamer earning virtual…
(How) business context matters
Purpose This study aims to investigate tech workers’ occupational culture in China’s Internet industry and explain how the business context shapes the occupational culture. Design/methodology/approach This case study of tech workers’ occupational culture in China’s Internet industry uses focused interviews with 101 workers for data collection and qualitative coding for data analysis. Findings This research reveals two shared values, “optimising u…
Divergent pathways of monetising rural identities on social media platforms
This article engages with one central theme in studies on content creators on social media platforms: the tension between authenticity and commercialisation of creator identities. The existing research pays inadequate attention to how the tension varies for creators of different identities and thus cannot explain why some creators successfully monetise their identities in the influencer economy. Drawing on a relational understanding of authentici…
Rituals without resonance
Purpose This article aims to unpack how the corporate culture construction in a tech startup differs from that in tech giants in China and reveal how its structural position in the market shapes the corporate culture construction in (tech) startups. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a four-month ethnography in a Chinese tech startup. Findings Through an analysis of organisational rituals, this article depicts how the startup mi…
Unpacking ‘Workplace Gaslighting’ as Labour Control in China’s White-Collar Workplace
This article develops the concept of ‘workplace gaslighting’ to illustrate a sophisticated form of despotic control between direct coercion and consent generation, adding a conceptual tool in labour process analysis. Drawing on discussions on social media, it demonstrates how workplace gaslighting combines coercion (managerial authority, close supervision, and vertical bullying) with emotional manipulation (ostensible caring and rewarding from ma…
Influence of physical exercise on activities of daily living in older adults
Background: Activities of Daily Living (ADL) are crucial for assessing older adult's ability to live independently. Physical exercise has a positive impact on ADL. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the reduction of social interaction and the limited use of exercise facilities led some older adults to reduce regular exercise and show more sedentary behavior. This study aimed to examine the influence of physical exercise on the Activities of Daily Livi…
How family sports behavior shapes adolescent sleep
Objective This study aimed to describe adolescent sleep and explore its association with physical activity, focusing on the mediating role of family physical behavior. Methods Data were sourced from the Chinese Adolescent Health Database, which included responses from 7,482 adolescents aged 12–18 years about sleep, personal physical activity, and family physical activity. Using two-stage least squares (2-SLS), we examined the relationship between…
Research trends and hotspots in post-stroke speech rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: With the global population aging, the incidence of stroke is rising, often resulting in motor dysfunction, speech disorders, and swallowing difficulties, significantly affecting daily life and social participation. Speech and language disorders notably impair communication and restrict social engagement, making speech rehabilitation a critical intervention. However, comprehensive bibliometric analyses on post-stroke language rehabilit…
Enhancing happiness and life satisfaction in university students
The machine learning approach demonstrates good predictive performance, thus may offer new thoughts for supporting SWB among university students, such as strengthening interpersonal relationships and fostering future confidence
Analysis of the association between physical health and BMI in single-child and multiple-child families
Being a single child has a significant negative impact on physical test scores and BMI, indicating potential vulnerabilities in their physical health. This discovery is crucial for policymakers and educators, prompting them to provide more opportunities for physical activity and to strengthen the cultivation of healthy eating habits among only children, thereby enhancing their physical health and overall well-being
Spatial heterogeneity and its influencing factors of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in a natural community population
CMM prevalence shows significant geographic variation within Lingwu City, with distinct risk factors across townships. Tailored interventions, based on local needs, should be implemented to reduce CMM prevalence effectively, optimize health resource allocation, and inform public health policies in rural areas of Northwest China
The gendering of programmers’ work
This paper discusses the gendering of programmers’ work in China at both the occupational and work organization levels: the dichotomy between social and technical aspects in programming work leads to a gendered hierarchical division of labor that undermines the legitimacy of women programmers’ professional identities. Additionally, the combination of the overtime culture in technology companies and traditional gender role expectations makes women…
Re‐Examining the ‘Entrepreneurial Self’
Previous studies in diverse settings have argued that worker subjectivity is infiltrated by the neoliberal discourse of the ‘entrepreneurial self’. This article re‐examines this conceptualisation by looking at worker subjectivity in China's internet sector. Interview data show that Chinese tech workers transition from embracing the entrepreneurial self to distancing themselves from it, prompted by a change in life stage. This shows how workers' (…
Pluralising China as method
To not only celebrate the launch of this double special issue, but also to shine a spotlight on the variety of China as Method epistemological approaches shared by the special issue’s editors and authors, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, the University of Amsterdam’s Media Studies Department, and Global Media and China, co-organised a hybrid symposium to generate intellectual exchanges on such a d…
Association of physical activity with socio-economic status and chronic disease in older adults in China
Economic status, geography, and living areas (urban and rural) significantly influenced the distribution of physical activities in China. Particularly, economic status and living areas acted as direct factors. Older adults reaching the recommended standards for PA had significantly lower chronic disease risks, highlighting the importance of improving personalized factors which are crucial for promoting PA
Migrate to (not) be ‘gurus’
Through an intersectional analysis of gender, class, and migration, this article reveals how a hegemonic culture of workplace masculinity, embodied by a group of ‘gurus,’ is constructed in China's tech companies. The guru masculinity is characterized by proactivity and aggressiveness at work, ‘putting work first’ and overwork, and the ability to navigate boundaryless careers and settle down in first‐tier cities. It translates hegemonic masculine …
How can land-use practices be modeled? Understanding the influence of knowledge, attitudes and emotional connections on urban residents’ behavioral intentions regarding peri-urban areas from an MLU pe…
Associations between environmental perception and self-rated health in the city hierarchy of China
Pluralising China as Method
The changing global landscape of imperialism, colonialism, and globalisation has urged scholars to reflect on and reexamine the lingering Eurocentric epistemology in media and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, area studies, and other disciplines. The epistemological biases which currently exist in these academic disciplines hinder the development of a bottom-up theorisation and a thorough understanding of social and cultural phenomena. R…
Debating the “Chineseness” of a mobile game in online communities
After its global popularity and commercial success, Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed, Japanese anime-style mobile game, provokes online discussions on whether such a game of cultural hybridity exemplifies “authentic Chineseness.” Based on online ethnography in the fan communities, this article investigates a two-year debate on whether GI should be considered a symbol of China’s “cultural export” to other countries. It reveals that players cons…
Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness among Chinese Adolescents Aged 15–18
(1) There is a significant non-linear relationship between BMI levels and physical fitness test scores. (2) Gender differences were observed in physical fitness and overall health outcome. (3) The findings indicate an inverted U-shaped association between BMI and physical fitness among boys, while girls displayed an inverse relationship. This could be attributed to the cultural association between thinness and beauty among girls in China
Association between Air Pollution and Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Adults Aged 60 Years or Older in China
The spatial distributions of the average AQI concentration, MVPA, LPA, and SB are useful and allow environmental and health policymakers to identify the areas with the highest priority air pollution environmental equality concerns. AQI was positively associated with MVPA and LPA, and it was negatively associated with SB among older adults. AQI, PM 2.5 , PM 10 , and NO 2 were hardly associated with women's average time spent engaged in MVPA. Regio…
Strategic flexibility in a male-dominated occupation
This article builds on a rich literature on the gender gap in software engineering. It further contextualizes the gendering of development work in the Chinese high-tech industry, especially the prevalent overwork norm. The perpetuation of male ascendency is achieved through the gendered hierarchization of subspecialties in software engineering and the embodiment of the geek culture. Nevertheless, women show their resilience and strength in naviga…
Managerial Technique and Worker Subjectivity in Dialogue
The article theorises three different organisational processes that uniquely organise and normalise overwork in China's Internet industry: coercive formalised overtime schedule, normative informal overtime culture, and disguised work-related time expenditure, work-for-labour. It reveals the 'double flexibility' in management strategy, namely, flexible, combined use of coercive and normative control techniques inside the company in addition to its…
Recoupling Corporate Culture with New Political Discourse in China's Platform Economy
Previous research on the corporate culture construction in China primarily highlights how Chinese firms draw on its traditional culture and socialist heritages as two crucial intellectual resources. The highly marketised high-tech sector with declining employment security and changing political environment renders a new context and dual process for the 'engineering' of corporate culture in China's platform economy. An ethnographic study of Alibab…
Managerial Technique and Worker Subjectivity in Dialogue
The article theorises three different organisational processes that uniquely organise and normalise overwork in China's Internet industry: coercive formalised overtime schedule, normative informal overtime culture, and disguised work-related time expenditure, work-for-labour. It reveals the 'double flexibility' in management strategy, namely, flexible, combined use of coercive and normative control techniques inside the company in addition to its…
Recoupling Corporate Culture with New Political Discourse in China's Platform Economy
Previous research on the corporate culture construction in China primarily highlights how Chinese firms draw on its traditional culture and socialist heritages as two crucial intellectual resources. The highly marketised high-tech sector with declining employment security and changing political environment renders a new context and dual process for the 'engineering' of corporate culture in China's platform economy. An ethnographic study of Alibab…
Migrate to (not) be ‘gurus’
Through an intersectional analysis of gender, class, and migration, this article reveals how a hegemonic culture of workplace masculinity, embodied by a group of ‘gurus,’ is constructed in China's tech companies. The guru masculinity is characterized by proactivity and aggressiveness at work, ‘putting work first’ and overwork, and the ability to navigate boundaryless careers and settle down in first‐tier cities. It translates hegemonic masculine …
Strategic flexibility in a male-dominated occupation
This article builds on a rich literature on the gender gap in software engineering. It further contextualizes the gendering of development work in the Chinese high-tech industry, especially the prevalent overwork norm. The perpetuation of male ascendency is achieved through the gendered hierarchization of subspecialties in software engineering and the embodiment of the geek culture. Nevertheless, women show their resilience and strength in naviga…
How can land-use practices be modeled? Understanding the influence of knowledge, attitudes and emotional connections on urban residents’ behavioral intentions regarding peri-urban areas from an MLU pe…
Associations between environmental perception and self-rated health in the city hierarchy of China
Soeng Joeng Toi
In May of 2017, a space called Soeng Joeng Toi was established, gathering a variety of people to share and co-organise a space together. While it may be considered a relative newcomer, Soeng Joeng Toi’s appearance can be seen as an inevitable breakaway from the mainstream political, economic and cultural climate of a city like Guangzhou. From its initial planning stages to its official operation, much of Soeng Joeng Toi’s inspiration and methods …
Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus and Associated Factors Among Preconception Women
Background: Cytomegalovirus seroconversion during pregnancy is common and has a substantial risk of congenital infection with longterm sequale. Screening during pregnancy or vaccination have not been shown to be effective for eliminating congenital infections. Preconception screening policy has not been evaluated adequately in a large scale. This nationwide study aimed to investigate epidemiological features of cytomegalovirus seropositivity and …
Breakfast preferences and consumption location among children at a median age of 7 in Shenzhen
Nationwide-free preconception care strategy
Preconception care has emerged as a developing field in maternal and child healthcare worldwide. This care type provides couples of reproductive age with the opportunity for early detection and management of biomedical, behavioral, and social health problems. In 2010, the Chinese government launched a nationwide preconception care program as a welfare project. During the past decade, this project has received international attention, and experien…
Pluralising China as Method
The changing global landscape of imperialism, colonialism, and globalisation has urged scholars to reflect on and reexamine the lingering Eurocentric epistemology in media and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, area studies, and other disciplines. The epistemological biases which currently exist in these academic disciplines hinder the development of a bottom-up theorisation and a thorough understanding of social and cultural phenomena. R…
Debating the “Chineseness” of a mobile game in online communities
After its global popularity and commercial success, Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed, Japanese anime-style mobile game, provokes online discussions on whether such a game of cultural hybridity exemplifies “authentic Chineseness.” Based on online ethnography in the fan communities, this article investigates a two-year debate on whether GI should be considered a symbol of China’s “cultural export” to other countries. It reveals that players cons…
Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness among Chinese Adolescents Aged 15–18
(1) There is a significant non-linear relationship between BMI levels and physical fitness test scores. (2) Gender differences were observed in physical fitness and overall health outcome. (3) The findings indicate an inverted U-shaped association between BMI and physical fitness among boys, while girls displayed an inverse relationship. This could be attributed to the cultural association between thinness and beauty among girls in China
Association between Air Pollution and Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among Adults Aged 60 Years or Older in China
The spatial distributions of the average AQI concentration, MVPA, LPA, and SB are useful and allow environmental and health policymakers to identify the areas with the highest priority air pollution environmental equality concerns. AQI was positively associated with MVPA and LPA, and it was negatively associated with SB among older adults. AQI, PM 2.5 , PM 10 , and NO 2 were hardly associated with women's average time spent engaged in MVPA. Regio…
Strategic flexibility in a male-dominated occupation
This article builds on a rich literature on the gender gap in software engineering. It further contextualizes the gendering of development work in the Chinese high-tech industry, especially the prevalent overwork norm. The perpetuation of male ascendency is achieved through the gendered hierarchization of subspecialties in software engineering and the embodiment of the geek culture. Nevertheless, women show their resilience and strength in naviga…
Managerial Technique and Worker Subjectivity in Dialogue
The article theorises three different organisational processes that uniquely organise and normalise overwork in China's Internet industry: coercive formalised overtime schedule, normative informal overtime culture, and disguised work-related time expenditure, work-for-labour. It reveals the 'double flexibility' in management strategy, namely, flexible, combined use of coercive and normative control techniques inside the company in addition to its…
Recoupling Corporate Culture with New Political Discourse in China's Platform Economy
Previous research on the corporate culture construction in China primarily highlights how Chinese firms draw on its traditional culture and socialist heritages as two crucial intellectual resources. The highly marketised high-tech sector with declining employment security and changing political environment renders a new context and dual process for the 'engineering' of corporate culture in China's platform economy. An ethnographic study of Alibab…
Pluralising China as method
To not only celebrate the launch of this double special issue, but also to shine a spotlight on the variety of China as Method epistemological approaches shared by the special issue’s editors and authors, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, the University of Amsterdam’s Media Studies Department, and Global Media and China, co-organised a hybrid symposium to generate intellectual exchanges on such a d…
Association of physical activity with socio-economic status and chronic disease in older adults in China
Economic status, geography, and living areas (urban and rural) significantly influenced the distribution of physical activities in China. Particularly, economic status and living areas acted as direct factors. Older adults reaching the recommended standards for PA had significantly lower chronic disease risks, highlighting the importance of improving personalized factors which are crucial for promoting PA
Migrate to (not) be ‘gurus’
Through an intersectional analysis of gender, class, and migration, this article reveals how a hegemonic culture of workplace masculinity, embodied by a group of ‘gurus,’ is constructed in China's tech companies. The guru masculinity is characterized by proactivity and aggressiveness at work, ‘putting work first’ and overwork, and the ability to navigate boundaryless careers and settle down in first‐tier cities. It translates hegemonic masculine …
How can land-use practices be modeled? Understanding the influence of knowledge, attitudes and emotional connections on urban residents’ behavioral intentions regarding peri-urban areas from an MLU pe…
Associations between environmental perception and self-rated health in the city hierarchy of China
Influence of physical exercise on activities of daily living in older adults
Background: Activities of Daily Living (ADL) are crucial for assessing older adult's ability to live independently. Physical exercise has a positive impact on ADL. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the reduction of social interaction and the limited use of exercise facilities led some older adults to reduce regular exercise and show more sedentary behavior. This study aimed to examine the influence of physical exercise on the Activities of Daily Livi…
How family sports behavior shapes adolescent sleep
Objective This study aimed to describe adolescent sleep and explore its association with physical activity, focusing on the mediating role of family physical behavior. Methods Data were sourced from the Chinese Adolescent Health Database, which included responses from 7,482 adolescents aged 12–18 years about sleep, personal physical activity, and family physical activity. Using two-stage least squares (2-SLS), we examined the relationship between…
Research trends and hotspots in post-stroke speech rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: With the global population aging, the incidence of stroke is rising, often resulting in motor dysfunction, speech disorders, and swallowing difficulties, significantly affecting daily life and social participation. Speech and language disorders notably impair communication and restrict social engagement, making speech rehabilitation a critical intervention. However, comprehensive bibliometric analyses on post-stroke language rehabilit…
Enhancing happiness and life satisfaction in university students
The machine learning approach demonstrates good predictive performance, thus may offer new thoughts for supporting SWB among university students, such as strengthening interpersonal relationships and fostering future confidence
Analysis of the association between physical health and BMI in single-child and multiple-child families
Being a single child has a significant negative impact on physical test scores and BMI, indicating potential vulnerabilities in their physical health. This discovery is crucial for policymakers and educators, prompting them to provide more opportunities for physical activity and to strengthen the cultivation of healthy eating habits among only children, thereby enhancing their physical health and overall well-being
Spatial heterogeneity and its influencing factors of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in a natural community population
CMM prevalence shows significant geographic variation within Lingwu City, with distinct risk factors across townships. Tailored interventions, based on local needs, should be implemented to reduce CMM prevalence effectively, optimize health resource allocation, and inform public health policies in rural areas of Northwest China
The gendering of programmers’ work
This paper discusses the gendering of programmers’ work in China at both the occupational and work organization levels: the dichotomy between social and technical aspects in programming work leads to a gendered hierarchical division of labor that undermines the legitimacy of women programmers’ professional identities. Additionally, the combination of the overtime culture in technology companies and traditional gender role expectations makes women…
Re‐Examining the ‘Entrepreneurial Self’
Previous studies in diverse settings have argued that worker subjectivity is infiltrated by the neoliberal discourse of the ‘entrepreneurial self’. This article re‐examines this conceptualisation by looking at worker subjectivity in China's internet sector. Interview data show that Chinese tech workers transition from embracing the entrepreneurial self to distancing themselves from it, prompted by a change in life stage. This shows how workers' (…
(How to) monetise ethnic identities on China’s social media platforms
How do ethnic minority influencers in China monetise their social media accounts while maintaining the authenticity of their ethnic identities? Drawing on observation data of their livestreaming activities and document data of their short video works, this article showcases the monetisation models of three ethnic influencers: an ethnic culture and language lover selling ethnic language courses, an ethnic entertainment livestreamer earning virtual…
China (16 works) · Political science (13 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Cross-sectional study (5 works)