Shandong Academy of Social Sciences

Afforestation enhances ecosystem stability in the farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China, but its effects are constrained by water availability

Abstract The farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China (FPENC), a typical semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral ecologically fragile zone, has long faced controversy over afforestation due to its water-limited environment, raising concerns about how afforestation affects this frag...

Organising cross-border care after arrival: receiving-system challenges in a China–Vietnam border region

Cross-border healthcare is increasingly visible in border regions where patient mobility develops faster than the institutional arrangements needed to support care. Existing research has often examined why patients seek care abroad, while less is known about how receiving health...