...Yifan Yang; Zhiyi Xie; Junhao Pan; Yufan Cheng Purpose The Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by the Internet, has formed a new digital social ecology. In the dual context of China’s aging demographic structure and the overarching layout and planning of a digital China, there is an urgent need...

... of provincial governments to citizen environmental complaints on the Local Leader Message Board (LLMB) in China. Design/methodology/approach This study collected 125,364 environment-related complaints lodged by citizens on the LLMB from 2013 to 2021 and identified complaints embodying conflicting goals...

... attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Trust Digital attitudes Citizen engagement City digital transformation Cost-benefit analysis Shanghai China Digitalization is affecting...

...Franky K.H. Choi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring out the possibility of selecting good leaders in Asian countries, i.e., China and Singapore. Design/methodology/approach Since comparative historical analysis enhances the objectivity for academic discussion, Deng Xiaoping’s...

...Eddie Yu Purpose This paper attempts to theorise about China’s strategy in combating the coronavirus pandemic with an embryonic framework - 3H (Heart-Head-Hand) framework. By adopting a descriptive approach, the paper introduces the case of coronavirus outbreak in China and how the public health...

...Patrick Carter; Jeffrie Wang; Davis Chau Purpose The similarities between the developments of the United States (U.S.) and China into global powers (countries with global economic, military, and political influence) can be analyzed through big data analysis from both countries. The purpose...

...Siu-kai Lau Purpose The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Strategy is an important component of the “Belt and Road Initiative” of China. The purpose of this Project is to develop the GBA into the most open, market-oriented and innovative pole of economic growth in China. The GBA...

..., Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore and Deng Xiaoping in China are selected as both cases for “method of agreement.” Further including “argument based on the contrary” to form a context for macro-historical analysis, this paper outlines two characteristics of the duo’s authoritarian leadership, namely...