This volume is the outcome of the Provincial China Workshop that took place in Hefei,
China, in 2009, which was held in collaboration with the Department of Media and …

China studies scholars, geographers in particular, have long since learned to look at China
as a country consisting of different scales of places. Within this configuration, they can …

In an introduction to one of the earlier volumes on the political economy of China's provinces
produced by the Provincial China Project, 1 Hans Hendrischke (1999: 3), accounting for the …

China is undertaking economic reform of unprecedented proportions despite continued
political control. The return of Hong Kong to China's sovereignty presents a unique impetus …

The agenda of 'internationalizing media studies' has been pursued by scholars of Chinese
media and communication from a variety of angles. A growing body of literature has …

This article reflects on the history and methodology of 'Chinese media studies' as a (sub)-
field of inquiry in academia. It identifies some key features in its trajectory of development …

In the context of China's rapid transformation in a turbulent global system since the late
1970s, to study the Chinese media is to shoot at a target that appears easy to focus on at first …

Virtually every major media, information and telecommunications enterprise in the world is
significantly tied to China. This volume provides the most expert, up-to-date and …

As China is seen to rise as a major power in the global economy and politics, there has
been growing academic interest in the country's changing media landscape. It is, however …

Trained in critical media and cultural studies, and having taught undergraduate courses in
media and communication in the tertiary sector in Australia for over a decade, I have always …