Cambodia From Soldier to Guardian Spirit: Cultural Resilience through Re-enchantment August 10, 2017 0 Written by Eve Monique Zucker. Anlong Veng is the famous last stronghold of the Khmer Rouge and the site of Pol Pot’s final resting place. As…
Cambodia Using the arts to achieve social and political justice in Cambodia August 7, 2017 0 Written by Catherine Grant. What first comes to mind when you think of Cambodia? For many Westerners, it’s the country’s cultural gem, Angkor Wat. The…
Taiwan Popular Music and Cross-Strait Relations: Have TV talent shows helped Taiwanese citizens view China differently? July 27, 2017 0 Written by Ya-Hui Cheng. For eight years, under the leadership of Taiwan’s President, Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan and China had maintained close ties. When President Tsai…
LGBT Rights Acrush: A Case Study in Chinese Gender-Neutrality June 28, 2017 1 Written by Jamie J. Zhao On 28 April 2017, the first single, ‘Action’ (xingdongpai), of the newly formed Chinese pop group FFC-Acrush (Acrush in short)…
China Who Owns Culture? The case of P.F. Chang’s December 16, 2016 0 Written by Haiming Liu. In 1993, restaurateur Paul Fleming made a visionary decision. He sold his Ruth’s Chris Steak House and opened his first P.F.…
China The Effectiveness of the Chinese Cultural Centres and Confucius Institutes December 2, 2016 0 Written by Xiaoling Zhang. In an effort to increase China’s culture-focused soft power and to secure an international environment conducive to its development and to…
Hindu Nationalism A sad song of musical censorship in India and Pakistan November 20, 2016 0 Written by Laksmi Subramanian. At the end of September 2016, the Indian motion picture producer’s association, India’s largest organisation related to entertainment, announced a ban…
China The Cultural functioning of Chinese architectural ‘knock-off’ practices November 15, 2016 0 Written by Chris Brisbin. Copying is nothing new in China, nor in the West. From computer games, clothes, to technology, China has been widely derided as…
Internet Selfies, trolling and one-night stands: From Chinese internet culture to digital media practices May 17, 2016 0 Written by Gabriele de Seta. Recurring comments about my research project that I heard during my fieldwork went along these lines: “Chinese internet culture? How…
China-Italy Looking back at the history of cultural relations between Italy and China in the Twentieth Century November 13, 2015 0 Written by Laura De Giorgi. One of the peculiar features in the development of Sino-Italian relations is the importance that both countries attribute to culture as…
