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Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics

Bai, Ruoyun. Staging corruption: Chinese television and politics. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015. XI-276 p. (“Contemporary Chinese studies”). ISBN : 978-0-7748-2631-0.

BAISTAIn late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. Staging Corruption looks at the rise, fall, and reincarnation of corruption dramas and the ways in which they express the collective dreams and nightmares of China in the market-reform era. It also considers how these dramas — as products of the interplay between television stations, production companies, media regulation, and political censorship — unveil complicated relationships between power, media, and society. This book is essential reading for those following China’s ongoing struggles with the highly volatile socio-political issue of corruption.

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Coraline Goron. Review of Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics by Ruoyun Bai. Asian Review of Books, 5 December 2015. URL : http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/pages/?ID=2463

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Monique Abud (12 décembre 2015). Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics. Carnets du Centre Chine (CNRS/EHESS). Consulté le 24 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mfdp


Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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