Xie, Chunping
Jim, C. Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (725RC789, 423MS061)
Research Matching Grant of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (CB301)
Article History
Received: 17 February 2025
Accepted: 29 June 2025
First Online: 4 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study involved standard buyer-seller communications, conducted solely in the capacity of a buyer inquiring about product-related information, without collecting any personally identifiable information. All data were anonymized to protect participants’ privacy. As the study did not involve direct interaction with human subjects beyond routine product inquiries and did not collect sensitive data, institutional ethical review was not required.