Willing Collaborators

Foreign Partners in Chinese Media

Michael Keane (Anthology Editor) , Brian Yecies (Anthology Editor) , Terry Flew (Anthology Editor)

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Willing Collaborators

Foreign Partners in Chinese Media

Michael Keane (Anthology Editor) , Brian Yecies (Anthology Editor) , Terry Flew (Anthology Editor)

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Now in paperback, this volume examines this phenomenon, looking at examples from film, documentary, television, animation and games.

In recent years, many media producers, screenwriters, technicians and investors from the Asia-Pacific region have been attracted to projects in the People's Republic of China. The Chinese state’s willingness to consider collaboration with foreign partners is a major factor that is enticing and supporting a range of new ventures. Projects, often with a lighter commercial entertainment feel, compared with the propaganda-oriented content of the past, are multiplying. With this surge in production and the availability of resources and locations, creative talent is moving to the Mainland from South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Acknowledgments / Introduction: Willing Collaborators, the Long Game, Michael Keane / 1 The New International Division of Cultural Labor, Global Media Studies, and the Cultural Rise of China, Terry Flew / 2 Collaborators, Mediators, and Processes: Film Co-production in China, Weiying Peng / 3 The New Geography of the Global Blockbuster: Wanda Scales Up, Michael Curtin / 4 The Will to Power: The BAT in and Beyond China, Michael Keane and Chunmeizi Su / 5 Two-Systems Differential: Informal Media and Decolonization in Hong Kong, Darrell William Davis / 6 Hong Kong Cinema: Reconnecting Its Southeast Asian Heritage, Peichi Chung / 7 Producing Nuanced Chinese Fantasy: A Case Study of Stephen Chow's Box Office Hit Mermaid, Hongchi Shiau and Brian Yecies / 8 China–Japan Crossover Comics: Localization, Re-localization, and Export, Anthony Fung / 9 Dreaming of Webtoons in China and the Next Korean Wave, Brian Yecies / 10 Japanese Cultural Adaptation, Formats, and Remaking in East Asia, Seiko Yasumoto / 11 Regionalizing

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Published	Dec 30 2019
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	270
ISBN	9781786614056
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	2 b/w illustrations;3 tables;
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Media, Culture and Communication in Asia-Pacific Societies
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Michael Keane

Anthology Editor

Brian Yecies

Anthology Editor

Terry Flew

From webtoons to popular blockbusters, Willing Collaborators offers an expansive and critical insight into the industrial workings of the dynamic and fast changing landscape of East Asian media production. The editors have assembled an impressive array of contributors to this volume, producing an essential study that elucidates exemplary moments in the ‘long game’ of collaborative East Asian media production and in particular the key role of China in this vibrant network.

Olivia Khoo, Associate Professor in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University
Charting the East Asian creative migration converging in China, Willing Collaborators: Foreign Partners in Chinese Media encompasses a range of audio-visual industries including film, television, animation and online video services. This lively new collection contributes to our further understanding of an evolving East Asia and indeed global mediascape under the sway of China.

Ying Zhu, author of Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television
Required reading for understanding the ambitions and appeal of China’s film industry and market, which have shot from near irrelevance to become East Asia’s cinema hub in less than 20 years. This ground-breaking and eye-opening anthology reveals that Hollywood’s China connection is only one small part of a much larger, more complex and more compelling story.

Chris Berry, Kings College London
Drawing on essential case studies from throughout Asia, Willing Collaborators offers a timely, informative guide to understanding China’s influence on media collaborations within the region. For readers seeking to understand the transformative power of Chinese capital in media and beyond, Willing Collaborators draws together a stunning array of leaders in the field to weigh in on this increasingly important topic.

Aynne Kokas, author of Hollywood Made in China
China’s media are developing a global presence and Willing Collaborators: Foreign Partners in Chinese Media provides welcome insights into the dynamics of the global-regional-local nexus. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field is a valuable contribution to the study of a highly relevant and yet under-researched topic, for which the editors deserve strong commendation.

Daya Thussu, professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, author of International Communication: Continuity and Change, third edition (2019)