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Modern Chinese Culture

Write an essay of no more than 2000 words which analyses a modern Chinese cultural phenomenon or an example of specific cultural output in relation to domestic and/or international historical, economic, social or political contexts in China.

Include the word count at the end of the main body of your paper.

Here's a reminder of some of the modern Chinese cultural phenomena and examples of specific cultural outputs discussed in the course:

Words, messaging, visual representations and ideas of the China Dream

Road to Revival exhibition at the National Museum of China

Contemporary hip hop dance and rap music phenomenon

Belt and Road Initiative, China's international vision and Chinese culture

Urban and rural in contemporary China and Chinese culture

Shanghai Baby - gender, market and consumer culture in Chinese cities

Chinese avant-garde art and artistic practices in China and overseas

Ode to Joy - White collar women migrants and "beauties at work"

Shanghai Foxtrot and the emergence of modernist literature

Ballroom dance and jazz music craze in 1930s Shanghai

The Travels of Lao Can, Call to Arms and the True Story of A Q and the emergence of modern realist literary critique

Maoist revolution, elite politics and socialist realism in visual and performing arts

The Cultural Revolution in film, art and literature

The Three Body Problem

Reforms and opening, Democracy Wall and High Culture Fever

Implications of Tiananmen Square 1989 and it's aftermath for Chinese culture

Internet, social media and changing cultural norms in contemporary China

China's sharing economy and the shifting culture of consumerism

New nationalistic and patriotic representations in contemporary Chinese cinema

Analysis of other modern Chinese cultural phenomena or specific cultural outputs is also possible, including literature, visual and performing arts, and other media