As a relatively new policy, the construction of the 15-minute community living circle has been promoted in many Chinese cities. This policy is expected to effectively change residents’ non-work travel behaviour and reduce their dependence on car travel by intervening built environment. This paper chooses Shanghai as an example. It aims to explore whether the 15-minute community living cycle typology can effectively transform residents’ non-work travel behaviour.

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems offers significant benefits but also presents considerable global risks. Despite the international nature of these risks, an internationally accepted governance framework for AI remains absent. This is largely due to geopolitical tensions and the lack of consensus among major global powers on the appropriate scope and methods for regulating AI development. The European Union (EU), China, and the United States are key players in AI regulation, each with divergent approaches. However, common themes can be identified to form the foundation of a global regulatory framework aimed at both managing risks and fostering innovation. This dissertation conducts a comparative analysis of AI regulations in the EU and China and examines the implications for the development of a global AI governance framework. Using deductive thematic analyses, the study explores the convergences and divergences in their regulatory approaches. While differences arise from China’s emphasis on socialist values, national security, minimal focus on individual rights, and geopolitical rivalry with the United States, there are areas of alignment. These include the categorisation of AI systems, safety measures, human-centric design, transparency, professional responsibility, privacy, and accountability. The study concludes that these shared regulatory principles could serve as a foundation for the development of a multilevel global AI framework. Such a framework should incorporate international, national, and industry-level governance with clearly defined outcomes and responsibilities. The United Nations, as a politically legitimate global forum with broad influence, including among China, is well-positioned to lead this effort.

« The number of Chinese netizens has surpassed 904 million in 2020, and 49% out of whom are women (CNNIC, 2020). Since its creation in the 1990s, Chinese cyberspace has been a vibrant sphere of civil action (Herold and Marolt, 2011). Under state authoritarianism, the Chinese cyberspace stands on the margin of normality, as a carnivalesque place of dissent (ibid.). Making up almost half of the entire netizen population, women are known to be key actors of cyberspace activism. This dissertation sets out to investigate female claim-making in Chinese cyberspace. It is particularly interested in the notion of citizenship that underpins their claims. Female fans of a cyber-entertainment reality show are examined as a case study, using feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) as the methodology. Their claims are analysed against the analytical framework of feminist discursive activism to see if it can challenge dominant patriarchal discourses and advances citizenship consciousness. This dissertation finds that female fans’ claim-making constitute discursive activism that is essentially a politics of visibility, which resonates with the notion of performative citizenship.

This research discusses the challenges and difficulties of career transitions professional e-sports athletes face in China after retirement. It comprehensively analyses the career transition factors by adapting Schlossberg's Career Transition Theory, including retirement background, personal attitudes, support systems, and coping strategies. It then gives corresponding suggestions to the esports athletes for successful career transitions.

A model based on space syntax is introduced in simulating the transmission of COVID-19 and quantifying the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions.