" In the wake of intense globalisation and commercialisation in the 1990s, China saw the
emergence of a vibrant popular culture. Drawing on sixteen years of research, Jeroen de …

This book examines the role played by the media in China's cultural transformation in the
early years of the 21st century. In contrast to the traditional view that sees the Chinese media …

There are billions of internet users in China, and this number is continually growing. This
book looks at the various purposes of this internet use, and provides a study about how the …

How can Japanese popular culture gain numerous fans in China, despite pervasive anti-
Japanese sentiment? How is it that there's such a strong anti-Korean sentiment in Chinese …

This book examines music entertainment programmes on China Central Television, China's
only national level television network, as well as on nationally-available provincial channels …

In 2021, a top-down rectification movement called 'Clean Up'impinged on Chinese idol
fandom culture. This movement triggered discussions about the transforming governance …

Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after
the acid house'summer of love', it has gone from subculture to the global mainstream. Does …

I became interested in China and Chinese culture through my experience as an English
language teacher in Shanghai. Having lived in several other foreign and developing …

Tensions between artistic production and state policy have attracted scholarly attention for
more than half a century, especially in the subcultural field. In 2017, a hip-hop talent show …

While attention has been paid to various aspects of music education in China, to date no
single publication has systematically addressed the complex interplay of sociopolitical …