RMIT University
Date: Thursday 23 June 2022
Time: 11.00am-12.00pm AEST
Location: Webinar
China’s rise and transformation as a digital power has been studied and debated among students,
scholars, observers, and pundits worldwide. The ongoing process of China’s digital great leap
forward is accompanied by its growing presence on the global stage as a controversial superpower
and its domestic experiments and transformations in technology, data, economy, governance, and
culture. This webinar invites three leading scholars in digital China research to reflect on current
issues and debates in their research trajectories. Collectively and individually, the panellists will point
to possible future themes, directions, and possibilities in China Studies in times of crisis, uncertainty,
and complexity. This webinar will be of interest to both established and early-career researchers.
Panelists:
Jack Linchuan Qiu is Professor and Research Director in the Department of Communications and New Media, the National University of Singapore. He has published more than 100 research articles and chapters and 10 books in English and Chinese exploring issues of digital media and social change in relation to labor, class, globalization, and sustainability, especially in the contexts of Asia and the Global South.
Yu Hong is Professor of Communication at Zhejiang University. She is also director of ZJU Institute of
Communication Research and vice director of ZJU Research Center on Public Diplomacy and Strategic
Communication. With a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her
research focuses on ICT development, Internet and media policy, and digital capitalism, with a focus on China.
Graham Webster is a research scholar and editor in chief of the DigiChina Project at Stanford University and a China digital economy fellow at New America. He leads an inter-organization network of specialists to produce analysis and translation on China’s digital policy developments. He researches, publishes, and speaks to diverse audiences on the intersection of U.S.–China relations and advanced technology.
Moderator and discussant: Haiqing Yu is Professor of Media and Communication and Australian Research
Council Future Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne. Her research concerns the socio-political and economic impact of China’s digital media, communication and culture on China, Australia and the Asia Pacific. She is Chief Investigator of the China’s social credit system and everyday life project and founder of the Platforming China Research Network.