Wenhui Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4057862 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wenhui Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wenhui |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-7692-7777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Understanding a “New” Human-Companion Animal Bond
By exploring the role and mechanism by which cats affect the psychological wellbeing of young people living alone, the study aims to deepen the understanding of a human-companion animal interaction. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, 16 semi-structured interviews with eight Chinese young people were conducted, and subsequently a theoretical model was constructed. The study found that young people living alone in urban areas in China…
How does university presidential turnover affect research performance? Based on the social characteristics of double first-class university president in China
Scenario-based cumulative impacts assessment on iconic species habitats under marine spatial planning and fishing policies in the Yangtze River Estuary
The shadow of social desirability bias
Recent scholarship has emphasized methodological innovations to mitigate preference falsification in public opinion data, yet systematic scrutiny of bias in regression analyses remains limited. Drawing on analyses of political trust in China, we offer three key insights. First, determining the direction of social desirability bias in regression estimates—whether over- or underestimation—is challenging ex ante . Second, analyses of two nationally …
Xinjianger, Muslim, and Chinese Nation
This article examines the evolving identity of Uyghur students in Xinjiang Class, a central nation-building initiative of China. Based on qualitative data, it identifies three phases of transformation: an ethno-regional identity as ‘Xinjianger’ (2000–2008); an ethno-religious identification as ‘Muslim’ after the 2009 riots; and, after 2017, a political identification with the ‘Chinese nation’. While ethnic and religious identities appear to reced…
History Cooperation of Russia-China Friendship Societies in the BRICS Format
In the context of the transformation of global governance in the 21st century, two seemingly parallel historical trajectories of the friendship society and the BRICS cooperation mechanism have deeply intersected. This in-tersection is not only the active work of the two largest countries in building a new type of international relations, but also an innovative form of participation of non–state actors in the inter-civilizational dialogue. Today, …
Patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding alopecia
Patients' KAP toward alopecia
Engaging the Public Through Design
Public engagement often encounters significant barriers and challenges. Digital platforms are increasingly employed to nudge citizens toward behaviors that serve the public interest. This study examines whether and how design features of digital platforms shape citizens' engagement in pro‐environmental behaviors. Drawing on a conjoint experiment conducted in China, we find that design elements such as gamification, visual feedback, rewards, frequ…
Local Leaders' Informal Networks and Policy Tourism
Most networking activities in the public administration literature focus on formal networks, yet less attention has been paid to the function of informal networks, which are critical mechanisms for transmitting information and knowledge. This study fills this gap by examining the impact of informal networks on policy tourism, an important channel for policy learning and intergovernmental collaboration. Using China as a case, we indicate that loca…
Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants
This study proposes an organization–person framework and examines whether management of public officials shapes capable young elites' preferences of government jobs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we find that monetary and nonmonetary traits of governments jobs alter capable young elites' motivations to engage in public service. In particular, merit‐based selection rule and high wages attract more capable young elites to serve in public se…
Power concentration and bottom‐up information flow
Power concentration may impede bottom‐up information flow. This article argues that strong ruling party control may facilitate the power concentration of ruling elites, which breeds reticence and impedes bottom‐up information flow. Using Chinese municipal congresses as a case, I establish that strong ruling party control significantly reduces the number of policy proposals, suggestions, and criticisms from legislators. The reduction effect of rul…
How Natural Resources Affect Corruption in China
Blue sky, cold heart
The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents empirical evidence for the unexpected political costs of China's war on air pollution. Using a clean energy regulation as a case, we demonstrate that it significantly reduces air pollutants over a short period; however, exposure to the regulation erodes local po…
Assessment of Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer in Western China
Background: Lung cancer is the leading source of cancer-caused disability-adjusted life years. Medical cost burden impacts the well-being of patients through reducing income, cutting daily expenses, curtailing leisure activities, and depleting exhausting savings. The COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) was created and validated by De Souza and colleagues. Our study intends to measure the financial burdens of cancer therapy and inves…
Institutions, interests, and policy support
Policy support matters for the success of public policies. It is still unclear how governments can garner support for policies with high costs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we demonstrate that governments can encourage policy support by offering institutional services and material interests to policy targets. In particular, citizens become more willing to support policies when governments timely disclose policy information and respond to…
Mental Health Outcomes among Chinese College Students over a Decade
The findings of this study imply that in the context of economic growth, stabilizing and improving positive mental health states can help prevent and reduce the risk of depression and suicidal ideation among college students. The study also highlighted the need for more public health campaigns and interventions in universities to help students cope with mental health problems
Conditional cross-border effects of terrorism in China
This paper explores whether the cross-border effect of ethnic violence is contingent on internal factors, such as domestic security measures, distribution of religious sites, availability of communication tools, and proximity to turbulent neighboring countries. Using county-level data from Xinjiang (1995–2012), our analyses show no support for direct violence-enhancing effects of outside terrorism in Xinjiang. When terrorist attacks increase glob…
Can social welfare buy mass loyalty
Do social welfare benefits enhance political legitimacy in nondemocracies? Conventional wisdom treats material interest as being the central mechanism underpinning widespread political attitudes, but social welfare is not always effective in garnering political support in nondemocracies. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that even though receiving social welfare benefits has significantly improved individuals' well‐being, their pol…
Corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in China
Monitoring institutions are usually perceived as efficient instruments for improving governance. This article evaluates the link between corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in nondemocracies. Using China as a case, I show that corruption monitoring pushes capable young elites away from seeking government positions. This effect may be driven by two possible mechanisms: economic returns and career prospects. Specifically, corruption…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Commercial Media Discourses
A Cognitive Approach to the Metaphor Translation of Skin in the Game
Metaphors are ubiquitous as they are a way for people to understand the world, and are usually translated by the strategy of either domestication or foreignization. The translators conducted a translation practice of “Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life” by applying a cognitive integration system to analyze the metaphorical devices of SKIN, GAME, SKIN IN THE GAME, and how their integration processes affected the translators’ decisi…
Cognitive Analysis of the “Discourse Stances” in English News Reports on Smog in China and America
This analysis contrasts on Chinese smog news (CSN) with American smog news (ASN), probing into the complicated discourse stances and their represented cognitive mechanism. Having been assisted by “glossary extraction”, the authors uncover the correlation between varied stance glossaries and the hidden cognitive mechanisms. The research provides hints on social cognition in news encryption and decryption, based on the database of thirty pieces of …
Cross-Cultural Study of Commercial Media Discourses
Oilfields, Mosques and Violence
How does natural resource extraction affect ethnic violence in a strong authoritarian state? This study investigates the effects of oil and natural gas development on violent incidents in Xinjiang, China, using data from its eighty-six counties. Contrary to the resource curse claim, we find that areas with larger quantities of resource production have lower rates of violence. The analysis of reserves data confirms that this finding is not driven …
Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression Among Chinese College Students With Self-Esteem as a Mediator
Objectives This study is designed to examine the mediating role of self-esteem (SE) in the relationship between perfectionism and depression among a nonclinical sample of 918 Chinese college students. Methods Participants completed a questionnaire battery that included measures of perfectionism (Almost Perfect Scale-Revised), depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression), and self-esteem (The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Results The r…
Oilfields, Mosques and Violence
How does natural resource extraction affect ethnic violence in a strong authoritarian state? This study investigates the effects of oil and natural gas development on violent incidents in Xinjiang, China, using data from its eighty-six counties. Contrary to the resource curse claim, we find that areas with larger quantities of resource production have lower rates of violence. The analysis of reserves data confirms that this finding is not driven …
Can social welfare buy mass loyalty
Do social welfare benefits enhance political legitimacy in nondemocracies? Conventional wisdom treats material interest as being the central mechanism underpinning widespread political attitudes, but social welfare is not always effective in garnering political support in nondemocracies. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that even though receiving social welfare benefits has significantly improved individuals' well‐being, their pol…
Corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in China
Monitoring institutions are usually perceived as efficient instruments for improving governance. This article evaluates the link between corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in nondemocracies. Using China as a case, I show that corruption monitoring pushes capable young elites away from seeking government positions. This effect may be driven by two possible mechanisms: economic returns and career prospects. Specifically, corruption…
Institutions, interests, and policy support
Policy support matters for the success of public policies. It is still unclear how governments can garner support for policies with high costs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we demonstrate that governments can encourage policy support by offering institutional services and material interests to policy targets. In particular, citizens become more willing to support policies when governments timely disclose policy information and respond to…
Political capital and intergenerational mobility
In this article, we examine the intergenerational influence of political capital on educational attainment. Most previous researchers have focused on the centrality of political cadres to the redistribution of resources in transitional economies, yet the intergenerational mobility of these cadres has rarely been discussed. We use data from the 2010 Chinese College Student Survey to investigate the effects of cadre parent status on children’s admi…
Local Leaders' Informal Networks and Policy Tourism
Most networking activities in the public administration literature focus on formal networks, yet less attention has been paid to the function of informal networks, which are critical mechanisms for transmitting information and knowledge. This study fills this gap by examining the impact of informal networks on policy tourism, an important channel for policy learning and intergovernmental collaboration. Using China as a case, we indicate that loca…
Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants
This study proposes an organization–person framework and examines whether management of public officials shapes capable young elites' preferences of government jobs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we find that monetary and nonmonetary traits of governments jobs alter capable young elites' motivations to engage in public service. In particular, merit‐based selection rule and high wages attract more capable young elites to serve in public se…
Blue sky, cold heart
The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents empirical evidence for the unexpected political costs of China's war on air pollution. Using a clean energy regulation as a case, we demonstrate that it significantly reduces air pollutants over a short period; however, exposure to the regulation erodes local po…
How Natural Resources Affect Corruption in China
Mental Health Information and Female Hospital Staff
We explored demand for mental health information and the sources used to get that information among female hospital staff in Taiwan. Results showed that nurses had higher demand than other occupational groups of hospital female employees for information about emotion, gender, and career. Administrators were more inclined, and physicians less inclined, than were other occupational groups of employees to seek mental health information from interper…
Political capital and intergenerational mobility
In this article, we examine the intergenerational influence of political capital on educational attainment. Most previous researchers have focused on the centrality of political cadres to the redistribution of resources in transitional economies, yet the intergenerational mobility of these cadres has rarely been discussed. We use data from the 2010 Chinese College Student Survey to investigate the effects of cadre parent status on children’s admi…
Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression Among Chinese College Students With Self-Esteem as a Mediator
Objectives This study is designed to examine the mediating role of self-esteem (SE) in the relationship between perfectionism and depression among a nonclinical sample of 918 Chinese college students. Methods Participants completed a questionnaire battery that included measures of perfectionism (Almost Perfect Scale-Revised), depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression), and self-esteem (The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Results The r…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Commercial Media Discourses
A Cognitive Approach to the Metaphor Translation of Skin in the Game
Metaphors are ubiquitous as they are a way for people to understand the world, and are usually translated by the strategy of either domestication or foreignization. The translators conducted a translation practice of “Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life” by applying a cognitive integration system to analyze the metaphorical devices of SKIN, GAME, SKIN IN THE GAME, and how their integration processes affected the translators’ decisi…
Cognitive Analysis of the “Discourse Stances” in English News Reports on Smog in China and America
This analysis contrasts on Chinese smog news (CSN) with American smog news (ASN), probing into the complicated discourse stances and their represented cognitive mechanism. Having been assisted by “glossary extraction”, the authors uncover the correlation between varied stance glossaries and the hidden cognitive mechanisms. The research provides hints on social cognition in news encryption and decryption, based on the database of thirty pieces of …
Cross-Cultural Study of Commercial Media Discourses
Oilfields, Mosques and Violence
How does natural resource extraction affect ethnic violence in a strong authoritarian state? This study investigates the effects of oil and natural gas development on violent incidents in Xinjiang, China, using data from its eighty-six counties. Contrary to the resource curse claim, we find that areas with larger quantities of resource production have lower rates of violence. The analysis of reserves data confirms that this finding is not driven …
Mental Health Outcomes among Chinese College Students over a Decade
The findings of this study imply that in the context of economic growth, stabilizing and improving positive mental health states can help prevent and reduce the risk of depression and suicidal ideation among college students. The study also highlighted the need for more public health campaigns and interventions in universities to help students cope with mental health problems
Conditional cross-border effects of terrorism in China
This paper explores whether the cross-border effect of ethnic violence is contingent on internal factors, such as domestic security measures, distribution of religious sites, availability of communication tools, and proximity to turbulent neighboring countries. Using county-level data from Xinjiang (1995–2012), our analyses show no support for direct violence-enhancing effects of outside terrorism in Xinjiang. When terrorist attacks increase glob…
Can social welfare buy mass loyalty
Do social welfare benefits enhance political legitimacy in nondemocracies? Conventional wisdom treats material interest as being the central mechanism underpinning widespread political attitudes, but social welfare is not always effective in garnering political support in nondemocracies. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that even though receiving social welfare benefits has significantly improved individuals' well‐being, their pol…
Corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in China
Monitoring institutions are usually perceived as efficient instruments for improving governance. This article evaluates the link between corruption monitoring and the supply of politicians in nondemocracies. Using China as a case, I show that corruption monitoring pushes capable young elites away from seeking government positions. This effect may be driven by two possible mechanisms: economic returns and career prospects. Specifically, corruption…
Assessment of Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer in Western China
Background: Lung cancer is the leading source of cancer-caused disability-adjusted life years. Medical cost burden impacts the well-being of patients through reducing income, cutting daily expenses, curtailing leisure activities, and depleting exhausting savings. The COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) was created and validated by De Souza and colleagues. Our study intends to measure the financial burdens of cancer therapy and inves…
Institutions, interests, and policy support
Policy support matters for the success of public policies. It is still unclear how governments can garner support for policies with high costs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we demonstrate that governments can encourage policy support by offering institutional services and material interests to policy targets. In particular, citizens become more willing to support policies when governments timely disclose policy information and respond to…
Power concentration and bottom‐up information flow
Power concentration may impede bottom‐up information flow. This article argues that strong ruling party control may facilitate the power concentration of ruling elites, which breeds reticence and impedes bottom‐up information flow. Using Chinese municipal congresses as a case, I establish that strong ruling party control significantly reduces the number of policy proposals, suggestions, and criticisms from legislators. The reduction effect of rul…
How Natural Resources Affect Corruption in China
Blue sky, cold heart
The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents empirical evidence for the unexpected political costs of China's war on air pollution. Using a clean energy regulation as a case, we demonstrate that it significantly reduces air pollutants over a short period; however, exposure to the regulation erodes local po…
Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants
This study proposes an organization–person framework and examines whether management of public officials shapes capable young elites' preferences of government jobs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we find that monetary and nonmonetary traits of governments jobs alter capable young elites' motivations to engage in public service. In particular, merit‐based selection rule and high wages attract more capable young elites to serve in public se…
History Cooperation of Russia-China Friendship Societies in the BRICS Format
In the context of the transformation of global governance in the 21st century, two seemingly parallel historical trajectories of the friendship society and the BRICS cooperation mechanism have deeply intersected. This in-tersection is not only the active work of the two largest countries in building a new type of international relations, but also an innovative form of participation of non–state actors in the inter-civilizational dialogue. Today, …
Patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding alopecia
Patients' KAP toward alopecia
Engaging the Public Through Design
Public engagement often encounters significant barriers and challenges. Digital platforms are increasingly employed to nudge citizens toward behaviors that serve the public interest. This study examines whether and how design features of digital platforms shape citizens' engagement in pro‐environmental behaviors. Drawing on a conjoint experiment conducted in China, we find that design elements such as gamification, visual feedback, rewards, frequ…
Local Leaders' Informal Networks and Policy Tourism
Most networking activities in the public administration literature focus on formal networks, yet less attention has been paid to the function of informal networks, which are critical mechanisms for transmitting information and knowledge. This study fills this gap by examining the impact of informal networks on policy tourism, an important channel for policy learning and intergovernmental collaboration. Using China as a case, we indicate that loca…
Understanding a “New” Human-Companion Animal Bond
By exploring the role and mechanism by which cats affect the psychological wellbeing of young people living alone, the study aims to deepen the understanding of a human-companion animal interaction. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, 16 semi-structured interviews with eight Chinese young people were conducted, and subsequently a theoretical model was constructed. The study found that young people living alone in urban areas in China…
How does university presidential turnover affect research performance? Based on the social characteristics of double first-class university president in China
Scenario-based cumulative impacts assessment on iconic species habitats under marine spatial planning and fishing policies in the Yangtze River Estuary
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