Fan Xiao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4412760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fan Xiao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fan |
| FAMILY NAME | Xiao |
| SIGNATURE | XIAO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4934-3667 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Declining age-adjusted mortality but persistent inequalities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United States, 1999–2024
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of premature mortality and disability worldwide. National averages in the United States often obscure heterogeneity across sex, geography, rurality, and age. We examined U.S. COPD mortality trends from 1999 to 2024 and contextualized findings using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data. Methods: We conducted a serial cross-sectional ecological study using Centers …
The materiality of trust
Growing up with China’s rapid economic expansion and globalization, young Chinese women (aged under 35) living in urban cities found them facing an increasingly consumerist environment, with advanced media-commerce system that promotes certain ideas of womanhood and beauty ideals to incite beauty consumption. This study critically examines how young urban Chinese women negotiate consumerist beauty knowledge with needs of self-care and class-speci…
Living alone and happiness among young and middle-aged adults in China, 2010–2018
Factors influencing China's E-commerce express logistics network
How can the “resource curse” be broken? Transition factor flows, the urban life cycle and value chain upgrades in resource-based cities
Resource-based cities (RBCs) face persistent challenges from the “resource curse,” making industrial transition imperative for sustainable development. While the necessity of this transition is clear, the optimal pathways for implementation remain debated. This study investigates how external factor flows drive national value chain (NVC) upgrading in RBCs across different development stages. This study uses a city-level multiregional input-output…
Dietary inflammatory index and disability among older adults in Guangzhou
Objective: This study aims to evaluate factors linked to the degree of disability among older adults and explore the relationship between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and the degree of disability among older adults in southern China. Methods: Conducted in two districts of Guangzhou, China, this cross-sectional study included 262 older adults with mild-to-severe disabilities. Disability levels were assessed using the "Assessment Standard f…
Tell China’s conspiracy well
In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its propaganda efforts beyond the Great Firewall, aiming to ‘tell China’s story well’ to global audiences. Meanwhile, many YouTube influencers have emerged to tell the opposite kind of stories – anti-CCP conspiracy theories – which have attracted millions of Chinese-speaking viewers both inside and outside China. Drawing on Habermas’s theory of communicative action, this study com…
Qingre Huayu Jianpi decoction suppresses colorectal tumorigenesis by inhibiting cancer stem cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts
The last thing I would think about is how to dispose of it’
Amid the criticism of fast fashion brands regarding their valorising of a lifestyle that prioritises ‘newness’ over durability, blame is also apportioned to fashion consumers for their wasteful and irresponsible consumption. However, fashion consumers’ unremarkable ‘hoarding’ practices pose questions concerning the very notion of wastefulness and the moralised criticisms of them. The contradictory clothing disposal and hoarding practices call for…
Peer appraisal, participatory surveillance, and experiential mentoring
Much research has examined how participants in online support groups (OSGs) seek information or exchange social support while neglecting peer learning among users.Applying the perspective of community of practice (CoP), we conceptualize peer communications in OSGs as a participatory learning process of sharing and managing experiential knowledge.To explicate this learning process, we thematically analyzed 1,084 discussion threads in an anonymous …
Does spatiotemporal heterogeneity matter? Air transport and the rise of high-tech industry in China
Air transport has essential effects on economic landscapes. However, geographical issues, such as spatiotemporal heterogeneity, still lack full discussion. To fill this gap, our research built a multiscale geographically and temporally weighted regression (MGTWR) model with the help of panel data from 35 large and medium-sized cities in China during 2003–2017. The findings are as follows. First, a 1% increase in air transport passengers has resul…
Moderating for a friend of mine
Bridging the theory of affective labor and reproductive labor, this paper proposes “affective reproduction” as a critical framework to analyze the unpaid work of volunteer content moderation. Findings from this study problematize the one-sided focus on streamers in the extant literature on platform labor vis-à-vis live-streaming. It contends that fan moderators help streamers reproduce the live-streaming atmosphere as friendly, pleasant, and rele…
High‐Speed Rail and Regional Development
The development of high‐speed rail (HSR) has transformed economic landscapes worldwide. Studies of HSR and regional development mainly consider the wider socioeconomic impacts of HSR in three main fields: transport impacts (also known as travel effects); spatial and socioeconomic impacts; and environmental impacts. Transport impact refers to changes in accessibility and connectivity, in addition to modal substitution. Spatial and socioeconomic im…
Applying Stages of Change Model to Examine Online Peer Communication on Binge Eating
Despite the distress and disruption associated with eating disorder (ED), people struggling with EDs are often ambivalent about their eating issues and unmotivated for recovery. Rather than seek professional help, these people tend to turn to online ED groups for information and support. Using the stages of change model, this study investigates the characteristics of online peer communication around binging vis-à-vis participants' motivation and …
“We are snowflakes”
This article examines the cultural resilience of the Chinese slash fanfiction subculture. Popular among Chinese youth, the writing and reading of slash are subjected to increasingly stringent regulations due to changes in the political environment. Drawing from the theoretical framework of minor transnationalism, the current study situates the development of the Chinese slash community in the context of post-socialist reform and globalization, ar…
Understanding living alone among the young- and middle-aged in China (1990-2010)
Living alone is becoming a noticeable living arrangement in China. A growing body of literature documented the transformations of the Chinese family structure. However, research on the relatively new household structure of living alone, with a focus solely on the young- and middle-aged, is limited. This article used China’s 1990, 2000, and 2010 census microdata to analyze how marital status, migration status, and education level were associated w…
The Impact of Information Infrastructure on Air Pollution
Information infrastructure construction has become an essential support for the new global technological revolution and industrial change. To examine whether information infrastructure can mitigate the level of air pollution, this paper measures the development level of information infrastructure in each region using the entropy-TOPSIS method based on the data of 31 Chinese provinces from 2013 to 2020. On this basis, it explores the impact of inf…
Urban-rural differences in China’s crude death rate changes
The influence of ASDR and age structure differs over time (1982 to 1990, 1990 to 2000, and 2000 to 2010) and across regions (cities, towns, the countryside). Considering the slow decline in ASDR and the accelerated aging population, we can infer that the CDR in 2020 will stabilize or even rise slightly instead of dropping significantly (compared with the CDR in 2010). This study provides a basis for the formulation of relevant public health polic…
High-speed rail heading for innovation
This study examines the impact of China’s high-speed rail (HSR) network on regional innovation cooperation examining the impact on intercity patent rights transactions in 2016 between 81,510 city-pairs. It shows that (1) China’s intercity technology transfer network assumes a national-scale ‘diamond structure’; (2) China’s HSR network had a robust positive effect on intercity technology transfer; and (3) these impacts are direct and indirect oper…
Is smart city a slogan? Evidence from China
Many ideas of urban experiments have been used in sloganeering to stimulate short-term economic growth in China. A question arises: Is the smart city a slogan? This study estimated the relationship between smart city pilot projects and regional economic growth by using the difference-in-differences (DID) model and explored smart cities’ myths through 19 unstructured interviews. The following conclusions were drawn. First, smart city pilot project…
New Professional Farmers’ Training (NPFT)
Is smart city a slogan? Evidence from China
Many ideas of urban experiments have been used in sloganeering to stimulate short-term economic growth in China. A question arises: Is the smart city a slogan? This study estimated the relationship between smart city pilot projects and regional economic growth by using the difference-in-differences (DID) model and explored smart cities’ myths through 19 unstructured interviews. The following conclusions were drawn. First, smart city pilot project…
Moderating for a friend of mine
Bridging the theory of affective labor and reproductive labor, this paper proposes “affective reproduction” as a critical framework to analyze the unpaid work of volunteer content moderation. Findings from this study problematize the one-sided focus on streamers in the extant literature on platform labor vis-à-vis live-streaming. It contends that fan moderators help streamers reproduce the live-streaming atmosphere as friendly, pleasant, and rele…
New Professional Farmers’ Training (NPFT)
Understanding living alone among the young- and middle-aged in China (1990-2010)
Living alone is becoming a noticeable living arrangement in China. A growing body of literature documented the transformations of the Chinese family structure. However, research on the relatively new household structure of living alone, with a focus solely on the young- and middle-aged, is limited. This article used China’s 1990, 2000, and 2010 census microdata to analyze how marital status, migration status, and education level were associated w…
New Professional Farmers’ Training (NPFT)
The Impact of Information Infrastructure on Air Pollution
Information infrastructure construction has become an essential support for the new global technological revolution and industrial change. To examine whether information infrastructure can mitigate the level of air pollution, this paper measures the development level of information infrastructure in each region using the entropy-TOPSIS method based on the data of 31 Chinese provinces from 2013 to 2020. On this basis, it explores the impact of inf…
Urban-rural differences in China’s crude death rate changes
The influence of ASDR and age structure differs over time (1982 to 1990, 1990 to 2000, and 2000 to 2010) and across regions (cities, towns, the countryside). Considering the slow decline in ASDR and the accelerated aging population, we can infer that the CDR in 2020 will stabilize or even rise slightly instead of dropping significantly (compared with the CDR in 2010). This study provides a basis for the formulation of relevant public health polic…
High-speed rail heading for innovation
This study examines the impact of China’s high-speed rail (HSR) network on regional innovation cooperation examining the impact on intercity patent rights transactions in 2016 between 81,510 city-pairs. It shows that (1) China’s intercity technology transfer network assumes a national-scale ‘diamond structure’; (2) China’s HSR network had a robust positive effect on intercity technology transfer; and (3) these impacts are direct and indirect oper…
Is smart city a slogan? Evidence from China
Many ideas of urban experiments have been used in sloganeering to stimulate short-term economic growth in China. A question arises: Is the smart city a slogan? This study estimated the relationship between smart city pilot projects and regional economic growth by using the difference-in-differences (DID) model and explored smart cities’ myths through 19 unstructured interviews. The following conclusions were drawn. First, smart city pilot project…
High‐Speed Rail and Regional Development
The development of high‐speed rail (HSR) has transformed economic landscapes worldwide. Studies of HSR and regional development mainly consider the wider socioeconomic impacts of HSR in three main fields: transport impacts (also known as travel effects); spatial and socioeconomic impacts; and environmental impacts. Transport impact refers to changes in accessibility and connectivity, in addition to modal substitution. Spatial and socioeconomic im…
Applying Stages of Change Model to Examine Online Peer Communication on Binge Eating
Despite the distress and disruption associated with eating disorder (ED), people struggling with EDs are often ambivalent about their eating issues and unmotivated for recovery. Rather than seek professional help, these people tend to turn to online ED groups for information and support. Using the stages of change model, this study investigates the characteristics of online peer communication around binging vis-à-vis participants' motivation and …
“We are snowflakes”
This article examines the cultural resilience of the Chinese slash fanfiction subculture. Popular among Chinese youth, the writing and reading of slash are subjected to increasingly stringent regulations due to changes in the political environment. Drawing from the theoretical framework of minor transnationalism, the current study situates the development of the Chinese slash community in the context of post-socialist reform and globalization, ar…
Understanding living alone among the young- and middle-aged in China (1990-2010)
Living alone is becoming a noticeable living arrangement in China. A growing body of literature documented the transformations of the Chinese family structure. However, research on the relatively new household structure of living alone, with a focus solely on the young- and middle-aged, is limited. This article used China’s 1990, 2000, and 2010 census microdata to analyze how marital status, migration status, and education level were associated w…
Peer appraisal, participatory surveillance, and experiential mentoring
Much research has examined how participants in online support groups (OSGs) seek information or exchange social support while neglecting peer learning among users.Applying the perspective of community of practice (CoP), we conceptualize peer communications in OSGs as a participatory learning process of sharing and managing experiential knowledge.To explicate this learning process, we thematically analyzed 1,084 discussion threads in an anonymous …
Does spatiotemporal heterogeneity matter? Air transport and the rise of high-tech industry in China
Air transport has essential effects on economic landscapes. However, geographical issues, such as spatiotemporal heterogeneity, still lack full discussion. To fill this gap, our research built a multiscale geographically and temporally weighted regression (MGTWR) model with the help of panel data from 35 large and medium-sized cities in China during 2003–2017. The findings are as follows. First, a 1% increase in air transport passengers has resul…
Moderating for a friend of mine
Bridging the theory of affective labor and reproductive labor, this paper proposes “affective reproduction” as a critical framework to analyze the unpaid work of volunteer content moderation. Findings from this study problematize the one-sided focus on streamers in the extant literature on platform labor vis-à-vis live-streaming. It contends that fan moderators help streamers reproduce the live-streaming atmosphere as friendly, pleasant, and rele…
How can the “resource curse” be broken? Transition factor flows, the urban life cycle and value chain upgrades in resource-based cities
Resource-based cities (RBCs) face persistent challenges from the “resource curse,” making industrial transition imperative for sustainable development. While the necessity of this transition is clear, the optimal pathways for implementation remain debated. This study investigates how external factor flows drive national value chain (NVC) upgrading in RBCs across different development stages. This study uses a city-level multiregional input-output…
Dietary inflammatory index and disability among older adults in Guangzhou
Objective: This study aims to evaluate factors linked to the degree of disability among older adults and explore the relationship between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and the degree of disability among older adults in southern China. Methods: Conducted in two districts of Guangzhou, China, this cross-sectional study included 262 older adults with mild-to-severe disabilities. Disability levels were assessed using the "Assessment Standard f…
Tell China’s conspiracy well
In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its propaganda efforts beyond the Great Firewall, aiming to ‘tell China’s story well’ to global audiences. Meanwhile, many YouTube influencers have emerged to tell the opposite kind of stories – anti-CCP conspiracy theories – which have attracted millions of Chinese-speaking viewers both inside and outside China. Drawing on Habermas’s theory of communicative action, this study com…
Qingre Huayu Jianpi decoction suppresses colorectal tumorigenesis by inhibiting cancer stem cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts
The last thing I would think about is how to dispose of it’
Amid the criticism of fast fashion brands regarding their valorising of a lifestyle that prioritises ‘newness’ over durability, blame is also apportioned to fashion consumers for their wasteful and irresponsible consumption. However, fashion consumers’ unremarkable ‘hoarding’ practices pose questions concerning the very notion of wastefulness and the moralised criticisms of them. The contradictory clothing disposal and hoarding practices call for…
Declining age-adjusted mortality but persistent inequalities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United States, 1999–2024
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of premature mortality and disability worldwide. National averages in the United States often obscure heterogeneity across sex, geography, rurality, and age. We examined U.S. COPD mortality trends from 1999 to 2024 and contextualized findings using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data. Methods: We conducted a serial cross-sectional ecological study using Centers …
The materiality of trust
Growing up with China’s rapid economic expansion and globalization, young Chinese women (aged under 35) living in urban cities found them facing an increasingly consumerist environment, with advanced media-commerce system that promotes certain ideas of womanhood and beauty ideals to incite beauty consumption. This study critically examines how young urban Chinese women negotiate consumerist beauty knowledge with needs of self-care and class-speci…
Living alone and happiness among young and middle-aged adults in China, 2010–2018
Factors influencing China's E-commerce express logistics network
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