China The spectacle of cuckoldry and the crisis of the libidinal economy November 21, 2019 0 Image Credit: Weibo phone by bfishadow/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Dino Ge Zhang. The Weibo page Green Hat Society is an online society for people…
China Chinese HE students in the UK: social media, connections and sense of belonging September 11, 2019 0 Image Credit: Manchester University 6 by Francisco Osorio/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. Written by Yimei Zhu. The UK has a global reputation for higher education…
Education Dude, where’s my paper? November 1, 2017 1 Written by Jonathan Sullivan. Back in 2011, weibo was enjoying a moment. Competing platforms were at the height of their popularity and had brought several…
Uncategorized China: a glimpse of the future of music streaming? July 28, 2017 0 Written by Robert Lyons. China’s music streaming market is of interest on several fronts, including the vast size of the market, the high percentage of use…
Uncategorized Keeping China’s Soundscape in Check: Censorship in Chinese Popular Music July 24, 2017 1 Written by Hon-Lun Yang. As a one-party state, the government of the PRC exercises strict control over contents circulated in print and online. Music, once…
News How to Be a Journalist in China: A Personal Reflection May 2, 2017 1 Written by Luwei Rose Luqiu. During my seven years of part-time teaching in Hong Kong, virtually all of my journalism graduate students were from mainland China.…
China A Decade of Blogging in China August 31, 2015 0 Written by Giorgio Strafella and Daria Berg. The effects of blogging and Internet use on Chinese politics and society have been a hotly debated topic…
China Taking stock of the Chinese blogosphere June 30, 2015 0 Written by Shaohua Guo. “China is not yet a country that excels in the art of writing (shuxie, to express feelings and write), but the…
China The Chinese Government Hops on the WeChat Bandwagon May 6, 2015 0 Written by Zixue Tai and Xiaolong Liu. Like everywhere else, social media is an increasingly pervasive presence in Chinese society. Leading the market are the three…
Chinese media Does Authoritarian Government Respond to the Chinese People? April 30, 2015 0 Written by Ma Liang. Authoritarian regimes are usually characterized as being less responsive to its citizens in comparison to democratic governments. The use of Internet and other cutting-edge…
