LEADER 04361nam 2200565 450 001 9910758401203321 005 20220204114014.0 010 $a1-78527-623-9 035 $a(CKB)5460000000023801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6879552 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6879552 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781785276231 035 $a(EXLCZ)995460000000023801 100 $a20220117d2020|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina's digital presence in the Asia-Pacific $eculture, technology and platforms /$fMichael Keane, Haiqing Yu, Elaine Jing Zhao and Susan Leong$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cAnthem Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 198 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAnthem series on digital China 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jan 2022). 311 $a1-78527-622-0 327 $tIntroduction: a Giant awakening? --$gPart 1.$tChina's '+' long game --$g1.$tCulture + --$g2.$tIndustry + --$g3.$tInternet + --$g4.$tPlatform + --$gPart 2. The$tAsia-Pacific as a Chinese cultural landing pad --$g5.$tAssessing the evidence --$g6.$tEast Asia: Hong Kong and Taiwan --$g7.$tSouth East Asia : Singapore and Malaysia --$g8.$tOceania : Australia and New Zealand --$g9.$tFrom cultural presence to innovative nation --$gAppendix:$tsurvey conducted from August to December 2019. 330 $aThis book examines China's digital economy and its reach into the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. It shows how the Asia-Pacific region with an existing large Chinese diaspora is seen as a 'cultural landing pad' for Chinese content and ideas. In addition to these regional investigations, the authors trace China's growing technological status as an innovative nation through four policy approaches: culture+, industry+, Internet+ and platform+. Other + characterizations include intelligent+ and social+. These + characterizations show how China is rejuvenating, drawing technological knowhow from the region, and adding to its cultural power.

Drawing on the political economy of the media, industry analysis, platform studies and cultural policy studies, the authors provide a comprehensive analysis of how Chinese cultural and creative industries became digital, as well as investigating the key players and the leading platforms including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, TikTok, Baidu, iQiyi and Meituan. The book argues that China's commercial digital platforms are increasingly recognized outside China and in many cases can disseminate Chinese culture more effectively than government-supported media, although this does not necessarily translate into influence.

The sites chosen suggest that there is widespread ambivalence to China's political messaging combined with an uneven reception of its popular culture. The book provides a critique of Western bias in soft power metrics and draws on empirical data to provide alternative readings.

The authors also analyse in detail Beijing's changing policies towards the governance of culture, Internet technologies and digital platforms. The book illustrates how Chinese cultural power is extending overseas and the challenges of Chinese platforms, products and services in overcoming stereotyping and 'threat' perceptions. 410 0$aAnthem series on digital China. 606 $aDigital media$zChina 606 $aDigital media$xEconomic aspects$zChina 606 $aAcculturation$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations$zPacific Area 607 $aPacific Area$xForeign economic relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xRelations$zPacific Area 607 $aPacific Area$xRelations$zChina 615 0$aDigital media 615 0$aDigital media$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aAcculturation 676 $a302.230951 700 $aKeane$b Michael$f1952-$041730 702 $aYu$b Haiqing$f1970- 702 $aZhao$b Elaine Jing 702 $aLeong$b Susan$g(Susan Mee Mee), 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910758401203321 996 $aChina's digital presence in the Asia-Pacific$93598423 997 $aUNINA