Chinese Creator Economies

Jian Lin is a Hundred-Talent Young Professor at Zhejiang University, having obtained a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam that was jointly awarded by Western Sydney University. He is co-author of Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China.

"The most rigorous and accomplished analysis of the working conditions of Chinese culturalworkers to date. This will be a key reference point in the burgeoning literature on cultural labournot only in China but internationally." (David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds) "Essential reading. Jian Lin offers a critical and empirically evidenced approach to rethinkcreative work studies beyond the confines of Western experiences and theorizations. Lin harvestshis insights adroitly, boldly, and compassionately. His penchant for the schizophrenic, themultifaceted, the dilemma, the bilateral, is a rejection of any homogenizing account of the stateand the market, of cultural work and creative class. In its place, I read more futures." (Chow Yiu Fai, Hong Kong Baptist University) "You will not read a better account that dewesternizes creative-labor studies than this book. JianLin goes deeper than usual into creators' lived experience and also wider—across stateenterprises and international workers as well indies and the digital class. Jian's heart is open andhis mind is ablaze." (Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology) "The most updated and insightful assessment of the working condition of Chinese creativeworkers. Bilateral creatives work under the planned logic of state's creative industries, and at thesame time, work creatively and subtly against the system of governance and cultural policy. Themost interesting and intellectually intriguing aspects of the book owes much to Lin's five yearsof fieldwork." (Anthony Fung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) "Chinese Creator Economies: Labor and Bilateral Creative Workers stands out as a significant work, amplifying the voices of Chinese cultural creators and shedding light on their experiences. By doing so, it enriches the discussion on contemporary China in today's increasingly interconnected and complex global landscape." (International Journal of Communication)