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This study conducted a questionnaire survey to understand citizen cognition of the stray dog issue in Taipei. This study collected and analyzed 480 effective responses regarding demographic factors, and the cognition and attitudes toward the stray dog issue in Taipei from respondents with or without watching the film Twelve Nights. This work revealed two key findings. First, the respondents' gender, age, education level, and occupation were strongly related to their cognition and attitudes toward stray dogs. Second, the movie Twelve Nights significantly raised the social concern and awareness toward stray dogs issue.

This paper examines the partiality of the Xi administration’s foreign aid policy (FAP) reform. China has established the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to reform its foreign aid management system while continuing the loan-for-oil model within the framework of South–South Cooperation. By applying the cognitive theory of international regimes, this paper explores the reform and continuity of China’s FAP. It finds that although national interests drive China’s foreign aid, the reform of China’s FAP is the result of idea learning. China’s learning of ideas from developed donor countries explains its FAP reform, as evidenced by the establishment of CIDCA. In contrast, its adherence to domestic ideas explains the continuity of the loan-for-oil model. The ideas of recipient countries serve as secondary learning sources for China, but China only made appropriate policy adjustments based on their feedback.