Monica Tan

Medical Disturbances as a Form of Patient Activism in China?

Xiao Tan, Tianyang Liu

Journal article  |  2021  |  Made in China Journal

In China, patients, their relatives, or organised groups sometimes resort to ‘medical disturbances’ (医闹, yi nao) as a way of expre..

Shifting Inequalities? Parents’ Sleep, Anxiety, and Calm during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia and the United States

Leah Ruppanner, Xiao Tan, William Scarborough, Liana Christin Landivar, Caitlyn Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  Men and Masculinities

The use of lightweight modular construction becomes increasing popular all around the world today. The benefits of off-site prefab..

Social cohesion boosts rural China’s COVID-19 response

Xiao Tan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Yao Song, Tianyang Liu

Journal article  |  2020

COVID-19 lockdown in Chinese villages: Radical measures positively received

Xiao Tan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Yao Song, Tianyang Liu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Melbourne Asia Review

Chinese authorities have imposed a series of very significant restrictions on communities in both urban and rural areas since late..

Troublemaking in hospitals: Performed violence against the healthcare professions in China

T Liu, X Tan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Sociology Review

Yi Nao describes a type of violence displayed in Chinese hospitals which involves organised disturbances led by patients’ relative..

Towards strengthened primary care in China: An early evaluative study of the government’s role between 2003 and 2015

Xiao Tan

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2019

Since the early 2000s, the Chinese government has significantly increased its subsidies for health care and made new promises. Amo..

Explaining provincial government health expenditures in China: evidence from panel data 2007–2013

Xiao Tan

Journal article  |  2017  |  China Finance and Economic Review

Understanding government education and health spending in China

Xiao Tan

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2015

Resilience, vulnerability and adaptability: A qualitative study of COVID-19 lockdown experiences in two Henan villages, China

Xiao Tan, Yao Song, Tianyang Liu

Journal article  |  PLoS One

Background The Chinese government’s early handling of COVID-19 has been perceived as aggressive and oppressive. Many of the most r..