2016/12/28 |
Roots and Prospects of Xi’s Cultural Policy
Xi Jinping may soon find out that while censorship and surveillance are relatively easy, China’s "State capacity" when it comes to cultural production has significantly shrunk since 1979.
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Giorgio Strafella is Senior Research Fellow in Chinese Culture and Society at the University of St. Gallen and the author of Intellectual Discourse in Reform Era China (Routledge, 2017). Daria Berg is Chair Professor of Chinese Culture and Society at the University of St.Gallen, and the author of Women and the Literary World in Early Modern China, 1580–1700 (Routledge, 2013). They are the editors of Transforming Book Culture in China, 1600-2016 (Harrassowitz, 2016).
Xi Jinping may soon find out that while censorship and surveillance are relatively easy, China’s "State capacity" when it comes to cultural production has significantly shrunk since 1979.