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Educational inequality and residents’ social trust in China: The role of inequality of opportunity 中国教育不平等与居民社会信任：机会不平等的作用

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100202

J. Yang , L. Zhang , J. Zhu

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Translators and gospelers: The roles of western missionaries in China during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties from the perspective of cultural capital 译者与福音传道者：从文化资本的视角看明末清初西方传教士在中国的角色

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100201

Yafeng. Li, Shengbing. Gao

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The politics of the sharing economy: Evidence from Uber in South Korea 共享经济的政治：来自韩国优步的证据

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100200

Jung Wook Son , Dong-Joon Jung

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“If doctors ask me to talk, I will talk”: What influences Hong Kong foreign domestic workers’ perceived involvement in healthcare? “如果医生让我说话，我就会说话”：是什么影响了香港外籍家庭佣工对医疗服务的参与？

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100196

Xixi Wang, Bernadette Maria Watson

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Lamchek, Jayson S. (2018) Human Rights-Compliant Counterterrorism Myth-making and Reality in the Philippines and Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. 250 pages. ISBN: 978-1108-49-233-1 拉姆切克，杰森·S.（2018）菲律宾和印度尼西亚符合人权的反恐神话制造与现实。剑桥大学出版社，250页。ISBN: 978-1108-49-233-1

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100199

George B. Radics

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Entrepreneurial urbanization and masculine identities: an exploratory study of Khon Kaen, Thailand 创业型城市化与男性认同：泰国孔敬市的探索性研究

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100197

Charrlotte Adelina , Jenny Yi-Chen Han

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Beyond resistance and resignation: A narrative inquiry into the "lying flat" movement and the reimagining of work, success, and autonomy among Chinese urban youth (AJSS-100198) 超越抗拒与顺从：对中国城市青年“平躺”运动与工作、成功与自主的重新想象的叙事探究（AJSS-100198）

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100198

Lina Sun

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Chee, Lilian 2023 Architecture and Affect: Precarious Spaces. Oxford and New York: Routledge 2023建筑与影响：不稳定的空间。牛津和纽约：劳特利奇出版社

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100195

Jane M Jacobs

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“You are the prettiest man I have ever met”: Subverting femininity through jocular teasing of Chinese females “你是我见过的最漂亮的男人”：通过诙谐地调侃中国女性，颠覆女性气质

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Asian Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100192

Ying Cao

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The dual perspectives on the nature of supervisory power in China: The appearance of power and its generative logic 中国监督权力本质的双重视角：权力的表象及其生成逻辑