Regional partnerships and media policy in the age of China’s rise
The case of Singapore-China film co-productions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6429288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siao Yuong Fong (0000-0002-0817-6612, Lancaster University, corresponding author), Tania Lim (0000-0002-2169-2806, Murdoch University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-192 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2024.2333860 |
| OpenAlex | W4393162216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 46 |
Despite being the first Asian country (except for Hong Kong) to sign a film co-production agreement with China, Singapore's film co-productions with China so far are few and far between, none of which have come under the official agreement. This raises wider questions about the policy making challenges of small nations when driving or facilitating regional collaborations with partners like China. Drawing on interviews with key interlocutors in the Singapore film industry, this article explores how Singapore's filmmakers make sense of working with the Chinese film industry as collaborators and co-producers on joint film productions. Our main argument is that conventional models for understanding drivers of co-productions may not work for small partners collaborating with a dominant regional/global partner like China. Through exploring the political, economic, and cultural tensions in the Asia-Pacific region that emerge when Singapore engages in collaborative film work with China, we hope to contribute to the wider literature on 'South-South' collaborations between film industries (and nations) of vastly different sizes and power
China · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Media policy · Political science · Politics · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
The cultural and economic implications of UK/European co-production
Internationalization vs. Globalization of the Film Industry
Yesterday once more
Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture
Popular Culture Co-Productions and Collaborations in East and Southeast Asia
A brave new world?—Understanding U.S.-China coproductions
The genealogy of pan-Asian big pictures and the predicament of the contemporary South Korean film industry
Co-productions—Content and Change
Carnivalesque communities
Transnational media production from the margins of “Cultural China”
The ‘New’ Singapore
Policy and creative strategies
Film subsidies and cultural policy
Ambitions of a global city
Film and Television Co-Production
They don’t need us’
Working through China
China’s digital media industries and the challenge of overseas markets
The Chinese–Korean co-production pact
Playing to the World's Biggest Audience
Coproducing Asia
China’s soft power conundrum, film coproduction, and visions of shared prosperity
East Asian pop culture and the trajectory of Asian consumption
De-westernisation, inter-Asian referencing and beyond
Desperately Seeking East Asia Amidst the Popularity of South Korean Pop Culture in Asia
Concepts of transnational cinema
When push comes to nudge
Collaboration reconfigured
Going global or going nowhere? Chinese media in a time of flux
Forging an 'Asian' media fusion
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |