Routledge Contemporary China Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars in the West and the East, on all aspects of contemporary China.
Compensated Dating Girls in Hong Kong: Scripts, Voices and Views
1st Edition
By Jessica Li
January 31, 2027
Compensated dating or commercial sex involving young girls has emerged as a global concern over the past decades and since the turn of the twenty-first century, has created a panic among parents in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on whether compensated dating is an offence, an ...
Urban Aesthetics in China: Contemporary Art and the City from 2001 into the China Dream Era
1st Edition
By Federica Mirra
November 30, 2026
This book examines selected visual artworks created since 2001 in response to the People’s Republic of China’s ever‑changing urban space, framing the discussion of art‑making against the official ideology of the China Dream to analyse how artists and urban actors actively reimagine China’s past, ...
Chinese Diasporic Writers and Artists: Reimagining Identity and the Self Beyond and Without China
1st Edition
Edited
By Kwok-kan Tam, Lily Li
November 24, 2026
This book presents new and original essays that capture the enigmatic and intriguing personal and imagined worlds of Chinese writers and artists in diaspora in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Including chapters on artist-writers such as Gao Xingjian, Dai Sijie, Ha Jin and Hong Ying, Tyrus...
The Transformational Role of Dramaturgy in China’s Performing Arts: Proactive Engagement with Multi-Stakeholders
1st Edition
By Ting Zhang
November 24, 2026
A pioneering examination of a field in its early stages, Zhang delves into a detailed exploration of the evolving role of dramaturgy in contemporary Chinese theatre, bridging the gap between established Western theories and the unique practices emerging in the Chinese theatre scene, and offering ...
China's State Ideology and the Three Gorges Dam: The Political Theodicy of Development
1st Edition
By Yuen-ching Bellette Lee
October 16, 2026
This book uses the case of the Three Gorges Dam project to explore the Chinese state’s use of ideology, namely the political theodicy of development, as a governing tactic in the reform era. Presenting observations from fieldwork collected after the dam’s completion, it reveals communities who not ...
Chinese Entrepreneurs Between Power and Dependency: Marginal Elites
1st Edition
By Jasmine Wang
October 02, 2026
This book examines the important elite group of newly rich private entrepreneurs who have contributed to lifting China from relative backwardness to an economic giant over the last four decades. Their rise coincides with the Chinese Communist Party's "reform and opening up" policy initiated by Deng...
Transnational Cultural Flows within the Collaborative Chinese Cultural Basin: Heritage, Memory and Identity
1st Edition
Edited
By Khun Eng Kuah
September 30, 2026
Kuah advances the “Collaborative Cultural Basin” framework to analyze the transnational flow of Chinese cultural elements – such as religion, popular culture, food, museum exhibits, and educational knowledge – within the global Chinese Diaspora and mainland China. The book highlights how ...
Negative Incentives and Disciplinary Action in China’s Food Safety Regulation
1st Edition
By Jia Liu
September 11, 2026
This book offers a systematic and original analysis of how disciplinary pressure shapes food safety regulation in China. Focusing on punishment as a regulatory incentive, the book shows that disciplinary action is driven not only by regulatory failure but also by public opinion, institutional ...
China’s “Autonomous” Cities: The Constitution and Reconstruction of Hong Kong and Macau
1st Edition
By Po Jen Yap, Han Zhu, Shiling Xiao
September 07, 2026
This book explores the constitutional evolution of Hong Kong and Macau as Beijing asserts "comprehensive jurisdiction" over both Special Administrative Regions, compelling them to align with the national agenda of security, patriotic education, and Mainland integration. The book delivers a ...
Heritage, Homemaking, and Identity Formation in Migrant Workers: An Ethnographic Study of Yi Migrants in Shenzhen
1st Edition
By Junmin Liu
July 20, 2026
Liu explores the experiences of Yi migrant workers in Shenzhen, China, investigating how their cultural heritage influences their search for identity and a sense of belonging. This book uncovers the intricate relationship between heritage and homemaking, examining how Yi migrants engage in their ...
A History of Chinese Orchestras in Greater China
1st Edition
By Ming-yen Lee
June 30, 2026
This book traces the evolution of Chinese orchestra from its inception in 1919 to the present day, focusing on its foundation and development in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Ming-yen Lee examines the trajectories of the three earliest professional orchestras established after 1949—the ...
Tianxia and Its Discontents: Confucian Political Theology, Coloniality, and the Global Order
1st Edition
By Joyce C. H. Liu
June 10, 2026
Across imperial histories and contemporary digital infrastructures, Tianxia and Its Discontents challenges the enduring assumption that the Chinese notion of tianxia—“all under heaven”—offers a benign or alternative vision of world order.It argues instead that Tianxia operates as a colonial ...