China China and the Strategic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic April 7, 2020 0 Image Credit: COVID-19 by Silvision/Flickr, License: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Neil Munro. The COVID-19 Pandemic has strategic implications with which military planners, political leaders,…
China The importance of film diplomacy for cultural relations between the UK and China January 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Curzon Cinema, Canterbury by ijclark/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Hiu Man Chan. Compared to other EU countries, the UK is certainly…
China Regulation of the internet in China: An explainer October 7, 2019 0 Image Credit: Free Internet by Thomas Galvez/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Lotus Ruan. A Great Firewall blocking voices from the outside. A top-down…
Africa China’s media presence in Africa is growing fast. Is its influence growing at the same pace? August 29, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by goodwines/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Dani Madrid-Morales. In a 2018 report entitled ‘China’s Pursuit of a New World Media Order’, Reporters…
China The Special Couple: What film co-production tells us about the future of UK-China cultural relations August 15, 2019 0 Written by Hiu Man Chan and Matthew Hurst. Image Credit: L'Odéon by Alexandre Chassignon/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. The UK-China film co-production treaty was signed…
China UK SMEs’ creative exports to China: Animation, IP and more July 24, 2019 0 Written by Hiu Man Chan. Image Credit: Sophie and Technology by Matt Cooper/Flickr; Licence: Public Domain Mark 1. While animation has become one of the fastest-growing…
China The human-animal connection in Chinese cinema: Jia Zhangke as an example May 28, 2019 0 Written by Winnie L.M. Yee. Image Credit: Dog by bfishadow/Flickr, Licence: CC BY 2.0. Environmental issues have become an increasingly important topic for scholars and artists…
Asia The global failure of cinematic soft power ‘with Chinese characteristics’ May 27, 2019 0 Written by Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park. Image Credit: At the Cinema by Blondinrikard Fröberg/Flickr, Licence CC-BY 2.0. Traditionally, imperial China deployed state Confucianism as its ultimate…
China First person, second language: Autobiographical documentaries by women in the Chinese diaspora May 24, 2019 0 Written by Gina Marchetti. Image Credit: Roll of Film by Dale Mastin-Purcell/Flickr, Licence CC BY-ND 2.0. Thanks to the visibility of Nanfu Wang’s Hooligan Sparrow (2016) on feminist…
China The Chinese film industry’s rollercoaster ride May 17, 2019 1 Written by Chris Berry. Image Credit: FEFF 14 foto gruppo by Davide Gabino (aka Stròlic Furlàn)/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. How is the Chinese film industry doing?…
