18 SCHOLARLY SHOWCASE SCHOLARLY SHOWCASE 17 Xinyi, Wang, and Naubahar Sharif. “Life as an ethnic minority (EM) university student: Comparing mental health challenges among local and international EM students in Hong Kong.” British Educational Research Journal (2026). Focus of Study Based on self-determination theory, this qualitative study explores and compares mental health issues of local and international ethnic minority university students in Hong Kong via interviews and observations. Both groups face similar pressures affecting competence and autonomy, such as academic stress, financial burdens and language-related career barriers. Their biggest divergence lies in social connection: international students suffer from loneliness and social exclusion, while local ethnic minorities endure long-term ethnic segregation and discrimination. The research fills research gaps in non-Western contexts and reveals shared and unique stressors for two minority student groups, as well as existing deficiencies in campus mental health support systems. Policy Recommendation Universities and authorities should adopt targeted interventions for the two groups. For international minority students, launch social exchange and buddy programs to ease loneliness and exclusion. For local ethnic minorities, introduce institutional reforms and public campaigns to eliminate segregation and discrimination. All campuses need to upgrade mental health services with cultural competence, expand service capacity and reduce stigma. Additionally, optimize curriculum and language training, improve career support, and build inclusive campus cultures with diversified facilities and activities to safeguard minority students’ mental well-being. Chen, Wenjin, Naubahar Sharif, and Xinyi Wang. “The trust trap: how trust in online health information harms subjective well-being.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2026). Focus of Study This research addresses an underexplored negative link between trust in online health information and people’s subjective well-being, drawing on nationally representative 2021 Chinese CGSS data of 1,305 respondents. Multiple rigorous methods including instrumental variables and propensity score matching confirm the adverse association. Three mediating channels are identified: excessive online health search intensity, distorted health literacy including biased self-health perception, and worsened mental health such as depression. Poor physical health and lack of public medical insurance amplify this harm. Heterogeneity tests reveal the damage disproportionately hits low-socioeconomic groups, rural hukou holders and residents of less developed regions, exposing digital health inequities rooted in limited health and digital literacy. Policy Recommendation The paper puts forward targeted public health interventions to mitigate the “trust trap” of unreliable online health content. Governments should launch official, physician-verified health platforms and deploy source authentication technology to filter misleading medical information. Authorities need to roll out tailored health and digital literacy training for vulnerable rural, low-income and less-developed regional populations to sharpen their ability to evaluate online claims. Policymakers should also expand affordable public medical insurance and primary care access to reduce overreliance on unregulated online health resources, alongside regular monitoring of digital health misinformation to protect disadvantaged groups’ mental and overall well-being. Yi, Fangxin, Hongfei Yu, Xianyun Zhang,Yang Yue “Hong Kong land development and policy intensity: strategic embedding in a period of transition.” Journal of Asian Public Policy (2026): 1-16. Focus of Study This paper explores Hong Kong’s land policy intensity and its fiscal impacts during the transitional period. Using ERNIE large language model to quantify policy intensity from 1997–2023 Policy Addresses, alongside time-series models, it finds stronger land policies cut absolute land revenue but keep its fiscal share stable due to institutional path dependence. Policy effects show clear temporal dynamics: bidirectional causality in Year 1, one-way policy dominance in Year 2, and fading impacts after Year 3. It reveals the shift of land governance from revenue pursuit to social welfare while constrained by long-standing fiscal structures. Policy Recommendation Set up fiscal stabilization funds to cushion short-term land revenue drops, diversify fiscal sources and adjust expenditure structures to ease reliance on land income, adopt differentiated governance aligned with policy timeframes for market regulation, institutional coordination and long-term reform, and prioritize public housing and social equity while establishing a multi-dimensional policy evaluation system. Chaoqun Zhang, Mei Meng, Ziyue Chen, Wenchong Du, Weihua Dong, Jianghao Wang, Bingbo Gao, Fangxin Yi, Kaixin Zhu, Jianqiang Hu, Yuheng Fu, Jing Yang, Manchun Li & Qiao Wang. “Wavelength-specific urban nighttime light modulates expressed sentiment across China.” Nature Cities 3.3 (2026): 261-272. Focus of Study This research combines 40m multispectral SDGSAT-1 satellite night light data and over 4 million geotagged Chinese Weibo posts to examine wavelength-specific artificial night light (ALAN) impacts on public sentiment. Fixed-effect regressions show blue light raises negative sentiment by 15.9% while moderate green light boosts positive mood by 5%. Risks concentrate in eastern Chinese commercial zones, and distance, seasonal and temporal heterogeneities exist across red/green/blue bands. Simulations prove tuning correlated color temperature cuts sentiment risks by 89.7%, far better than only dimming brightness, revealing spectral design’s overlooked mental health value in urban lighting research. Policy Recommendation Urban lighting policymakers should abandon simple brightness reduction and prioritize warm low-blue light spectra to ease residents’ negative emotions. Local governments need zone-targeted lighting rules: stricter blue light limits for commercial hotspots and seasonal adaptive light adjustments. City planners must integrate sentiment risk mapping into urban nightscape planning. Regulators should revise LED lighting standards to balance energy efficiency and public mental wellbeing, and launch monitoring systems tracking spectral pollution across high-population urban areas nationwide.
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