Final Progress Reports

Please post your final project progress report as a comment to this post. Please include the following in your report:
1. The working topic for your final project (example: guilty pleasure vs. justified pleasure: two kinds of popular Chinese cinemas) 
2. Possible interview subjects and questions planned (Optional if no additional interview needed. Example: plan to interview a mainland Chinese, a Hong Kongese, a Taiwanese, and an American; questions may include: ask them to name popular Chinese films, ask them to identify their sources of information, and ask them to talk about their understanding about the relationship among popularity, commercialism, and social commentary in the Chinese and American contexts.) 
3. Possible in-class readings you will read closely and draw inspiration from (example: pieces related to Stories for Saturday, Zhao Shuli, Guo Jingming, and Jiang Wen etc.--check syllabus for full bibliographical information).
4. Possible external academic sources (List your findings from library session and independent research. Example: "Theatricality and Cultural Critique in Chinese Cinema"--to start, do keyword searches in JSTOR and Project Muse databases for full text academic articles from lib.uky.edu)
5. Format of your project (conventional paper, multimedia project--if so, what format? Multimedia website, short film, MV, etc.)
You are required to use at least three in-class readings and at least five external academic sources for your final project. Annotate your working bibliography to show your progress. Progress report due Thursday April 17 by 11:59 pm.

21 comments:

  1. 1 working topic

    My topic is the same as my mid-term paper: Chinese New Year Film, Feng Xiaogang’s Comedy Personal Tailor. But for the final paper, I plan to employ the theory of semiotics to explore the process of the information transfer of the film.
    2 in-class readings

    (1) Approaches to Popular Culture, handout by Prof. Kirk Denton, OSU
    (2) Introduction, The Avant-garde and the Popular in Modern China (University of Michigan Press, 2014)
    (3) Shujen Wang, “Big Shot’s Funeral: China, Sony, and the WTO,” Asian Cinema, Fall/Winter 2003, 145-154.
    (4) Yomi Braester, “Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as a Cultural Broker,” The China Quarterly, Vol. 183 (September 2005), 549-564

    3 external academic sources

    (1) Metz, Christian. Film language; a semiotics of the cinema.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Print.
    (2) Roth, Lane. Film semiotics, Metz, and Leone's trilogy. New York: Garland Pub., 1983. Print.
    (3) Phillip Rosen, Narrative Apparatus, Ideology. A Film Theory Reader. New York, Columbia University Press. 1986.
    (4) Hall, Stuart. Encoding and decoding in the television discourse. Birmingham [England: Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham, 1973. Print.
    (5) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/entertainment/2013-12/31/c_133008916.htm
    (6)http://variety.com/2014/film/news/filmmaker-feng-xiaogang-has-his-finger-on-the-pulse-of-contemporary-chinese-culture-1201098458/

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  2. Micro blogging and Censorship

    This oral history will gather opinions and information on the popularity of micro blogging and how this affects the CCP’s ability to control information. Our first class this semester dealt with the largely increased use of micro blogs in China and some information and popular opinion will be drawn from this material. 70 million people following one celebrity can be both constructive and dangerous.
    Interview questions will guide the reader toward knowing the popular functions of micro blogs, hopefully uncovering instances that must’ve aided the government’s causes as well as instances which may have hindered those causes. Questions will be posed as to how micro blogging may serve China in the future as well as now. How might propaganda be disseminated or stalled through micro blogs? What is the popular opinion of free speech? What are perceived reactions of CCP to micro blogging?
    Thesis: In China, information shared through social media and microblogging sites such as Sina weibo (similar to twitter) and Renren (similar to facebook) are influencing and shaping the popular opinions of nation and government towards a state that allows greater free speech and grander freedom of expression.
    Interview Q’s
    What social media do you regularly use (wei bo, qq, facebook etc.)?
    Which famous/influential (actor, director, politician, scientist, activist, musician etc.)people do you follow on social media? Why?
    Why do you use social media (new info, communicating with friends, celebrity updates, political news etc.)?
    Why does the Chinese government not allow public social media’s such as Facebook and Youtube?
    Do you believe these should be allowed for citizens within China? Why or why not?
    How can micro blogging and social media serve China now and in the future?
    Readings/ viewings for the final:
    “The Wall” – Chang
    Ai Wei Wei interview (first 5 min)
    “China in Revolution” (part 3: Born under the Red Flag)
    Articles for Final:
    “The Power of the Internet in China” – Yang
    “Ai Wei Wei and the Transformation of the Avant-garde”
    “The Affluence Trap” - Leonard
    Othe info:
    “Chinese Social Media Demographics” – Digital Jungle

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  3. Topic: Globalization and Consumerism: how the US has influenced each factor in Shanghai’s popular culture

    Internal Sources:
    1. Tu Wei-ming, “Cultural China: The Periphery as the Center," in The Living Tree: The Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today," edited by Tu Wei-ming, Stanford University Press, 1994, 1-34
    2. Timothy C. Wong “Stories for Saturday” University of Hawai’i Press, translated by Timothy C. Wong, 4-17 and 159-173
    3. Yaming Bao, “Shanghai Weekly: Globalization, Consumerism, and Shanghai Popular Culture,” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4 (2008), 557-567

    External Sources:
    1. Nadia Ballard and Ilan Alon “The Globalization of the Shanghai Garment Trade Association: A Case Study” Senate Hall Academic Publishing, 2005, 1-16
    2. Zhang Monan “Shanghai FTZ: China’s Globalization 2.0” (2013)
    3. Yu Xuanmeng and He Xirong “Shanghai: It’s Urbanization and Culture”, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series III, Asia, Vol. 24 (2004), edited by Xuanmeng and Xirong, 241-256
    4. J.R. McNeill and Erin Stewart Mauldin, ed. “A Companion to Global Environmental History” A John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Publication, 2012, 81-95
    5. Xiaolan Fu, ed. “China’s Role in Global Economic Recovery” Routledge Studies, 2012

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  4. 1. The introduction of new technologies to the cyber sphere including how they affect the public and state spheres. How has the wave of new technologies affected both normal citizens and helped promote celebrities? How has the evolution of technology affected the use of cyber warfare on the state level? The Internet has had monumental changes on all levels throughout the country. Another interesting aspect of advanced technology could be a look into how these new lanes of advertisement and promotion have helped businesses and others in promotion and marketing. The introduction of new forms of social media along with the massive Chinese market has brought in large amounts of businesses and investment opportunities that have gone hand in hand with the development of the cyber sphere and have helped tear down international boundaries.

    2. I plan to interview students who I know have dealt with the Internet in China and see how their experience was with it. I also want to talk to both a younger and older generation of Mainland Chinese to see different perspectives as to how it has made things better or worse and how. Another interesting person to interview for my second part of the project would be someone who has come from China and may be part of the younger generation that could help shed light on how the use of the internet has allowed for large and quick platforms to spread ideas and how the government seems to control and monitor those. Also if the government interference is a problem that is noticed by the Chinese on a daily basis.

    3. Bingchun Meng: “Who Needs Democracy If We Can Pick Our Favorite Girl? Super Girl as Media Spectacle,” Chinese Journal of Communication, Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 2009), 257-272.

    Yao Ming, Jeremy Lin, and the Chinese Craze over NBA
    Chih-ming Wang, “Capitalizing the Big Man: Yao Min, Asian America, and the China Global,” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2004), 263-278.

    Yomi Braester, “Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as a Cultural Broker,” The China Quarterly, Vol. 183 (September 2005), 549-564.

    Shujen Wang, “Big Shot’s Funeral: China, Sony, and the WTO,” Asian Cinema, Fall/Winter 2003, 145-154.

    4. http://www.hoover.org/publications/china-leadership-monitor/article/158526
    http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/cyberwarfare/
    Articles such as these will give information on the cyber warfare from the state-to-state level.
    http://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c04/e6-33-03.pdf
    http://connection.ebscohost.com/technology/blogging/history-blogging-and-mass-communication
    These are a few articles that will accompany many others in looking at the use of social media and the Internet both short term and long term in regards to the public and promotional spheres.

    5. The format of my final project will be a paper. I hope to add another aspect to the paper by looking at the overall challenges and opportunities that the new technology has brought with it. How it affects the relationship amongst citizens, the citizens and the government and the government with other governments. The new generation of people living in an age of technology has changed the entire dynamic of relationships on all levels.

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  5. For my final project, I would like to reverse directions a bit and instead of talking about how Chinese films are viewed in America and find out how American films are viewed in China. To that end, I would like to re-interview my previous interviewees and ask specific questions relating to American culture in China, American movies in China, banned films in China as well as Chinese films banned in China. I think that this approach will broaden my knowledge regarding what is popular in China as well as how our popular movies and TV translates to China. Some questions I would like to ask my interviewees would be as follows:
    1. Even if a film is banned in China, when you were living there, were you able to watch it via another source? If so, what was your reaction and is this done often?
    2. With the internet and information so readily available all of the world, do you find it silly and ineffective to censor movies and TV?
    3. As a recent transplant from China, do you find that you are able to watch more movies and TV and is our information more accessible?
    4. As an American, have you ever come across censorship here in America with regards to movies and TV?
    I would like to ask many more questions and will research more about China’s censorship with regards to movies and TV in order to be more knowledgeable about the subject.
    Some of my external sources:

    http://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/33450/Zhou_wfu_0248M_10147.pdf

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_films

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/entertainment-us-china-censorship-idUSBRE96G0GC20130717

    Rojas, Carlos, and Eileen C. Chow. The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Print.

    Leyda, Jay. Dianying: An Account of Films and the Film Audience in China. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1972. Print.

    Internal sources I would like to use:

    Christina Klein, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”: A Diasporic Reading,” Cinema Journal, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2004), 18-42.

    Introduction to The Jin Young Phenomenon edited by Ann Huss and Jianmei Liu, Cambria Press, 2007, p1-22.

    Shujen Wang, “Big Shot’s Funeral: China, Sony, and the WTO,” Asian Cinema, Fall/Winter 2003, 145-154.

    Yomi Braester, “Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as a Cultural Broker,” The China Quarterly, Vol. 183 (September 2005), 549-564

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  6. 1. My final paper is going to be about popular films and why these popular films are criticized by the media. I am either going to look more into different films in China and explore why they have been criticized or I am going to add some American popular films and see why they are criticized as well and compare the Chinese films to the American films in terms of criticism

    2. I am going to interview more Chinese people on their thoughts on Crouching tiger, hidden dragon and devils on the door step and see what their opinion is on these movies as well as get American views on these movies as well. I will also see American view and Chinese view on the selected American films.

    3.The in class readings that I am going to use is the one about Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and the reading about devils at the doorstep. These readings go into detail about why these films were criticized.

    4. I have not found any external resources yet but I am going to look into either more Chinese films that are popular and have received much criticism or look into American films and there criticism that they have received.

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  7. 1. For my topic I’m expounding upon my midterm theme and exploring how consumerism, globalization, and entrance into the WTO has affected Chinese cinema and the type of films made.
    2. I will by referencing my previous interview.
    3. In Class Readings:

    Shujen Wang “Big Shots Funeral: China, song, and the WTO”

    Yomi Braester “Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as Cultural Broker”

    Ward, J. “Filming the anti-Japanese War: the devils and buffoons of Jiang Wen’s Guizi Laile”

    4. External Resources:

    Chen Xiaoming (1997), ‘The Mysterious Other: Postpolitics in Chinese Film’. Postmodernism and China 24; 3, pp. 123-141

    Jihong and Kraus (2002), Hollywood and China as Adversaries and Allies’. Pacific Affairs, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 419-434

    Darrell Davis (2010), ‘Market and Marketization in the China Film Business’. Cinema Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 121-125

    Xiaojun Li (2012), ‘Understanding China’s Behavioral Change in the WTO Dispute Settlement System’. Asian Survey, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1111-1137

    http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/04/03/hollywood-and-china-short-term-snags-still-long-term-potential/

    5. I will be writing a conventional paper.

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  8. 1.For my mid-term I researched and analyzed the rapid popularity of shows such as “I Am a Singer,” in non-mainland Chinese countries which led me to focus on the visual and character element of the singers that allows the audience to gain a personal relationship with the singers. I also discovered there are illegal ramifications that these programs are being shown more than they should. This has given me more interest to how shows such as the singer has effected China and other Asian countries, even America based along the lines of social interactions and economic prosperity. How does this phenomenon connect us on a global scale although it is considered a Chinese program?

    2.I also plan to ask follow-up questions such as the following:

    1) What Western elements have you seen in shows such as “I Am a Singer,” “Chinese Idol,” and other shows? If so, how does China change it to capture such a larger audience?
    2) What role do you think social media and the participation of famous judges from various Asian nationalities influences the popularity of the show?

    3. In Class Readings:
    1) Miaoju JIAN and Chang-de LIU, “‘Democratic Entertainment’ Commodity and Unpaid Labor of Reality TV: A Preliminary Analysis of China’s Supergirl,” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2009), 524-543.

    2) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Diasporic Reading by Christina Klein

    3) Bingchun Meng: “Who Needs Democracy If We Can Pick Our Favorite Girl? Super Girl as Media Spectacle,” Chinese Journal of Communication, Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 2009), 257-272

    4) “Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as a Cultural Broker.” Yomi Braester

    4. External Sources
    1) “The Chinese Diaspora, Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China.” ALAN SMART AND JINN-YUH HSU
    2) “China Turned On: Television, Reform, and Resistence.” James Lull
    3) Culture, Politics, and Television in Hong Kong

    5. I plan to use the traditional paper route to analyze my thesis, although I am open to any suggestions.

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  9. 1. I will be exploring Communism in Chinese cinema, the same as my midterm.
    2. My interview questions will most likely be the same as they were in my midterm, I will just gather additional interviews.
    3. Little Blacky will be an in-class reading I tap for information or parallels
    4. Chinese Communism:Domestic Turmoils
    Chinese Movies and Modern Chinese History
    Chinese Film Images of Invasion and Resistance

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  10. 1. Working Topic- My topic is the same as my midterm paper. I am analyzing the reasons for Kpop’s popularity in China and in Chinese communities around the globe. I will also be discussing Kpop’s immersion in Chinese popular culture.
    2. Possible Interview Subjects- I plan to interview Donna L. Kwon; she has considerable expertise in the field of Kpop and did a talk at the KFLC. I also plan on interviewing some members from BDG, which is the Korean dance group at UK.
    3. Possible in-class readings-
    - Western Style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou’s Rap and Hip-Hop in China by Project Muse
    - The ABCs of Chinese Pop: Wang Leehom and the Marketing of a Global Chinese Celebrity by Grace Wang
    - Theory, Asia, and the Sinophone by Shu-Mei Shih
    - A Pop Idol Writer for China’s New Generation by Louisa Lim
    4. Possible External and Academic Sources-
    - The Globalization of K-pop: Korea’s Place in the Global Music Industry by Ingyu Oh
    - Gangnam Style: How One Teen Immigrant Fell For K-po Music by Peter Chen, Huffington Post
    - Hallyu Bridges the Gap, but Rift with China Remains by Kim Hyung-eun, Korea Joongang Daily
    - ‘Korean Wave’ of pop culture sweeps across Asia by Lara Farrar, CNN World
    - South Korea-China Mutual Perceptions: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Tze Chin Wong
    - Premier Wen Jiabao told South Korean new media joint interview by Xinhua
    - 洛阳版“神曲”《江南style》走红 演员全是网友
    5. For my project, I think it is best that I do a multimedia project. This format will better assist me in demonstrating Kpop’s effects in China. I plan on showing cuts of concerts, fan meets, music videos, and interviews. I am also planning on finding more academic sources through Donna Kwon.

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  11. 1. Chinese people like the native chinese more than the American chinese.
    2. People: Chinese friends and American friends
    3. Question:
    1. do you think Chinese people like the native chinese more than the American chinese.
    2. What do you think of native chinese
    3. What do you think of American chinese
    4. How’s different
    5. Can you give me some example
    4. Capitalizing the Big Man
    Confucius from the Heart
    Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement
    5. Why Jeremy Lin Is Not Yao Ming, Never Will Be, and That's Perfectly Fine
    Yao Ming checks in to discuss Jeremy Lin’s rise, and the disappearing NBA center
    Yao Ming on his friend Jeremy Lin
    Yao Ming Wanted Jeremy Lin In Shanghai
    Yao Ming dwarfs Jeremy Lin
    6. conventional paper

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  13. My final paper is going to be a different topic than my midterm paper. I originally had the idea to make the connection between the Painted Skin and Super Girl by the artist that sang the theme song for the movie being on the show. But after reading the article about the impact that it has on the media in China I decided to write on it.

    1. The media break through that Super Girl has caused in China
    2. Interview Subjects: Native mainland Chinese citizens who watch Super Girl; those in general who have seen Super Girl. Questions: what is the impact that this show has had? Do you think this is a positive or negative thing? Do you think shows similar in America have negative or positive impacts? Do you think there is a difference?
    3. Super Girl as Media Spectacle: https://elearning.uky.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2957778-dt-content-rid-16795095_2/courses/CHI430-001-201430/Super%20Girl%20as%20Media%20Spectacle.pdf
    ‘Democratic Entertainment’: https://elearning.uky.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2957781-dt-content-rid-16795100_2/courses/CHI430-001-201430/Supergirl.pdf
    4.
    a. Cooper-Chen A. Global Entertainment Media : Content, Audiences, Issues [e-book]. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum; 2005. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed April 17, 2014.
    b. Leaving China: Media, Migration and Transnational Imagination by Wanning SunReview by: Gregory B. LeeThe China Quarterly, No. 178, China's Campaign to "Open Up the West": National, Provincial and Local Perspectives (Jun., 2004), pp. 536-537
    c. Brand New China: Advertising, Media and Commercial Cultureby Jing Wang Review by: Esther C. M. Yau Cinema Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Spring 2010), pp. 159-161
    d. Published by: University of Texas Press on behalf of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies
    e. Meiti Zhongguo (Media China) by Liu Yong Review by: Jerry Clode The China Journal, No. 46 (Jul., 2001), pp. 154-156
    Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
    5. The format of my project will be a paper however I do hope to be able to incorporate some other sort of other format too.

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  14. I decide to continue discussing my topic that I chose for the midterm. The powerpoint that I made for the post midterm presentation just reminds me of a lot of other things that can be discussed in my final paper.
    I will be interviewing my coach from the province team about Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin's success, and I will talk about why didnt the other Chinese players couldnt have such a big influence like these two players.
    for my other interview, I will talk to one of my friends who was on the most famous Chinese Streetball team, CL Smooth Crew. he is a very good interviewee to talk about this topic, because he is now studying in the US, and he is working with oneof the most famous trainning camp in the US.
    I dont have anything outside yet, but sure I will find one.

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    1. Also, there is a decision that about to be made recently, one of the tournament in the NCAA men's basketball is thinking about have some game in China next year. I will talk about that as well.

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  15. Working topic -

    Supernatural China: Analyzing the Animals and Spirits Present in Today's Popular Tales

    In-class readings -

    Liang LUO, “The White Snake as the New Woman of Modern China,” forthcoming from Ya-chen CHEN ed., Centennial of New Modern Chinese Women & Gender Politics (Routledge)

    Painted Skin (2008) film and Painted Skin 2 (2012) film.

    Haiyan Lee, "Painted Skin, To Scare or Not to Scare?" (The China Beat Blog)

    "Painted Skin," in PU Songling, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    External Sources -

    Some Chinese Tales of the Supernatural, Kan Pao, Sou-shen chi and Derk Bodde, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3/4 (Feb., 1942), pp. 338-357

    The Fox in World Literature: Reflections on a "Fictional Animal", Hans-Jorg Uther, Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, No. 2 (2006), pp. 133-160

    Thomson Reuters. “Regulators Now Spooked by Ghost Stories.” Thomson Reuters. Reuters, 2008. Web. March 2014. http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/14/us-ghosts-idUSN1442888920080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

    I still have to search for two more external sources to use in my paper.

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  16. 1. The working topic for your final project
    -future potential exportability of chinese pop culture.
    2. Possible interview subjects and questions planned
    -several friends that are from mainland china, I intend to ask them what they think of domestic chinese pop culture
    3. Possible in-class readings you will read closely and draw inspiration from
    -feng xiaogang readings
    4. Possible external academic sources (List your findings from library session and independent research.
    -haven't found them yet.
    5. Format of your project
    -probably a conventional paper, but maybe also a slideshow.

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  17. my topic still about pop music industrial specifically talk about i am a singer and the voice of china.
    right now i just found out couple parts that i am giong to talk about
    1, compare the voice of china from season 1 to season2
    2, compare i am a singer from season 1 to season 2
    3, the judges from voice of china
    4, the audience from i am a singer also talk about the tickets issue
    5, what has changed after the singer has been participate the talent show?

    for the format i haven't decide yet .

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  19. 1. The working topic for your final project
    Continuing from the midterm, Changing Cultural Spaces: The effects of Globalization in Chinese Arts.
    2. Possible interview subjects and questions planned (Optional if no additional interview needed. Plan to interview a Chinese mainland older person and some born after the 70’s. Plan to ask them to name popular Chinese films, ask them to identify their sources of information, and ask them to talk about their feelings toward different stories and movies.
    3. Possible in-class readings you will read closely and draw inspiration from
    Stories for Saturday
    Old Tales for New Times
    White Snake as New Woman
    Painted Skin 1 and 2
    Stories for Saturday
    Guo Jingming
    Western Style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou’s Rap and Hip-Hop in China
    Between Globalisation and Localisation: A Study of Hong Kong Popular Music
    The ABCs of Chinese Pop: Wang Leehom and the Marketing of a Global Chinese Celebrity
    4. Possible external academic sources
    Privatizing China : socialism from afar / edited by Li Zhang and Aihwa Ong. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
    China's avant-garde fiction : an anthology / edited by Jing Wang.
    The Cambridge companion to modern Chinese culture / edited by Kam Louie.
    JSTOR: Individualism in Chinese Literature. James R. Hightower
    JSTOR: Generation Ku: Individualism and China's Millennial Youth. Robert L. Moore
    Value change in Chinese society / [edited by] Richard W. Wilson, Amy Auerbacher Wilson, and Sidney L. Greenblatt. New York : Praeger, 1979.
    5. Format of your project
    Conventional Paper

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  20. 1. I'm going to do my topic on culture and consumerism in China, with an emphasis on the rising popularity of basketball and how the government and Multi-national corporations are feeding into this consumer culture.

    2. I won't be conducting interviews for this project.

    3. Possible in-class readings:
    Wang's article on Yao Ming's impact and global capitalism/nationalism
    Stories for Saturday
    Zhang Xiaoxian's article on Guojingming.

    4. Possible external sources:
    -"Meet the Chinese Consumer of 2020." McKinsey & Company. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. .
    -"Globalization in Professional Sport." Proquest. N.p., 2009. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. .
    -Gao, Helen. "From Mao Zedong to Jeremy Lin: Why Basketball Is China's Biggest Sport." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 22 Feb. 2012. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. .
    -"China's Rising Consumerism." Reuters. Thomson Reuters, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. .
    -"Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism." The Nation. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. .

    5. I will be writing a conventional paper for this final project.

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