CEFC https://www.cefc.com.hk French Centre for Research on Contemporary China Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:57:25 +0000 ENH hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Perspectives on Chinese Development and Planning: A Dialogue Between Two Human Geographers https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/perspectives-on-chinese-development-and-planning-a-dialogue-between-two-human-geographers/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:26:25 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100089989 As global governance, geopolitical instability, and environmental crises reshape societies, the role of spatial planning is undergoing a profound revival. But planning is not solely...

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What Does Hong Kong Intangible Heritage Tell Us About the Relationship between Hong Kong and the Mainland? https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/what-does-hong-kong-intangible-heritage-tell-us-about-the-relationship-between-hong-kong-and-the-mainland/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:03:38 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100089929 In Hong Kong, as in mainland China, collective memory is primarily mediated through official narratives. The narrative of Hong Kong’s past is especially sensitive, and...

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China Perspectives 144 https://www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-perspectives-144/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:06:42 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=issue&p=100089591 SPECIAL FEATURE 2026 Rematerialising Memories: Alternative Pathways to Public Knowledge of the Past in China

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BERRY, Chris, Luke ROBINSON, Lydia WU, and Sabrina Qiong YU (eds.). 2025. Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/berry-chris-luke-robinson-lydia-wu-and-sabrina-qiong-yu-eds-2025-chinese-independent-cinema-past-present-and-a-questionable-future-amsterdam-amsterdam-university-press/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:20:25 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089825 Ke Zhu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (k.zhu@uva.nl). When the New York Indie China...

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JIANG FU, Lan. 2024. Confucius revisité. Du marchand confucéen à l’entrepreneur du XXIe siècle : Le phénomène rushang dans la Chine contemporaine (Confucius revisited. From Confucian merchant to twenty-first century entrepreneur: The rushang phenomenon in contemporary China). Paris: Hémisphères Éditions, Maisonneuve & Larose. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/jiang-fu-lan-2024-confucius-revisite-du-marchand-confuceen-a-lentrepreneur-du-xxie-siecle-le-phenomene-rushang-dans-la-chine-contemporaine-confucius-revisited-from-confucian-merchant/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:10:06 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089817 Juliette Duléry is F.R.S.-FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Liège, Belgium (juliette.dulery@uliege.be). Based on Lan Jiang Fu’s doctoral dissertation defended in 2021, Confucius revisité....

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WANG, Canglong, Zhenzhou ZHAO, and Zhonghua GUO (eds.). 2025. Reconsidering Chinese Citizenship: Cultural Roots and Cultural Reach. London: Routledge. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/wang-canglong-zhenzhou-zhao-and-zhonghua-guo-eds-2025-reconsidering-chinese-citizenship-cultural-roots-and-cultural-reach-london-routledge/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:06:21 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089805 Tongming Wang is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom (tongming.wang@soton.ac.uk). The study of Chinese citizenship has long been dominated...

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HE, Qiaoling. 2025. Greyscale Legality: The Diverse Landscape of Intellectual Property Law Enforcement in China. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/he-qiaoling-2025-greyscale-legality-the-diverse-landscape-of-intellectual-property-law-enforcement-in-china-vancouver-university-of-british-columbia-press/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:58:01 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089797 Martin K. Dimitrov is Livingston Family Chair in Political Science and Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, New Orleans, United States (mdimitro@tulane.edu). The enforcement...

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Hengdian drifters: documentary movie screening and discussion https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/hengdian-drifters-documentary-movie-screening-and-discussion/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:06:19 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/hengdian-drifters-documentary-movie-screening-and-discussion/ Hengdian World Studios is China’s largest film studio, a major center for producing historical dramas that attract thousands of rural migrant workers to work for...

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IMBACH, Jessica (ed.). 2024. Digital China: Creativity and Community in the Sinocybersphere. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/imbach-jessica-ed-2024-digital-china-creativity-and-community-in-the-sinocybersphere-amsterdam-amsterdam-university-press/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:09:08 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089769 Hui Wu is Research Assistant Professor at the Shanghai Academy of Publishing, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (hui.wu1230@outlook.com). The past decade has witnessed a...

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Insider or Outsider? The Intertwined Position of the “Archaeological Temporary Worker” in China: A Case Study at the Shaanxi Zhouyuan Site https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/insider-or-outsider-the-intertwined-position-of-the-archaeological-temporary-worker-in-china-a-case-study-at-the-shaanxi-zhouyuan-site/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:56:41 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100089759 Siyu Wang is Assistant Professor in the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, specialising in critical heritage studies and new museology, Beijing, China (2006191079@pku.edu.cn)....

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