Corporation foundation is one of the most popular tools for Chinese corporations and entrepreneurs to carry out their charitable activities. However, do these foundations play a role in the development of Chinese civil society and in what ways? Followed by a brief introduction on the history,...

This dissertation hypothesized a theory of differentiated government control that posits the strength of NGOs' political connections is positively associated with their major revenues in authoritarian China. This dissertation quantitatively tested this theory using a sample of 2,021 foundations...

Foundations have become a significant form of nongovernmental organization in China since 2004. Large-sample research about Chinese foundations, however, did not appear until the middle 2010s. The database of the Research Infrastructure of Chinese Foundations was created to mitigate data...

Since the enactment of the 2004 Regulations of Management of Foundations, only limited research has focused on the financial health of Chinese foundations. However, given their importance in the nonprofit sector, study of these foundations is essential. This study comprised an empirical...

Foundations in China's nonprofit sector have been increasing in both number and importance. However, scholarly research and nonacademic reports have left a question in the literature waiting to be answered: What led to the recent development and landscape of foundations in China? To answer this...

The temporal heterogeneity of nitrogen availability in soils is increasing due to agricultural deposition. We here compared the effects of gradually increasing nitrogen deposition rate and its increasing temporal heterogeneity patterns on the exotic species Rhus typhina and the native species...

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been increasingly recognized in the outbreak of COVID-19, especially during the emergence of Omicron variant. We conducted an investigation of a restaurant outbreak due to Omicron variant. Besides the epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis, the...

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO)-mediated sunlight activation of periodate (IO4-) technology was developed to degrade bisphenol AF (BPAF). Under the optimal reaction condition of 0.65 g/L ZnO, 0.5mM IO4- and pH 5.5, the superior removal rate of BPAF (20 µM) about 96.1% was achieved just within...