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Books by Emma Lupano

Questo volume è il frutto di una ricerca sul campo svolta tra il 2008 e il 2015 che è consistita ... more Questo volume è il frutto di una ricerca sul campo svolta tra il 2008 e il 2015 che è consistita nella raccolta di interviste orali in cinese a giornalisti freelance, redattori e studiosi di media in Cina. Dal corpus costituito dalle trascrizioni e dalle traduzioni in italiano di tali interviste nasce una selezione di testi presentati e commentati in questo volume con l’obiettivo di portare alla luce, da una parte, i riferimenti a problemi, temi e aspirazioni comuni di una comunità di discorso e, dall’altra, il ricorrere di espressioni, parole chiave, formule e metafore condivise. Gli elementi discorsivi e lessicali identificati rafforzano l’ipotesi del rinsaldarsi di un’identità professionale condivisa tra le diverse figure che operano nel settore dei media in Cina oggi. Un risultato che appare rilevante soprattutto perché tale identità professionale ha dovuto ridefinirsi negli ultimi decenni in seguito alle riforme che hanno investito i media cinesi e alla diffusione sempre più ampia di forme di collaborazione esterna dei giornalisti cinesi alle testate su cui scrivono.

Papers by Emma Lupano

China’s Football Dream, 2018

The article presents a case study on the Chinese narrative on the acquisition of FC Internazional... more The article presents a case study on the Chinese narrative on the acquisition of FC Internazionale by the Chinese company Suning. The analysis builds on a corpus of news commentaries published in a selection of Chinese media.

Altre Modernità, 2018

In China, the genre of news commentary has had a key role in the evolution of the country’s polit... more In China, the genre of news commentary has had a key role in the evolution of the country’s politics since the end of the 19th century, when modern journalism started to develop under the late Qing dynasty. In contemporary press, news commentaries (xinwen pinglun) can be divided into two main sub-genres: commentary on current affairs (shiping) and editorial (shelun). While their structure and communicative purposes are similar, the main difference lies in the (in)visibility of the author. Shiping are signed by the commentator and include a brief profile to qualify them as an expert. Shelun are anonymous, since the opinions presented are the paper’s voice. Starting from the late 90s, as a consequence of the commercialisation of the sector and a growing demand for original views in the press, papers have increasingly relied on independent contributors (ziyou zhuangaoren) for commentaries on current affairs and editorials. Drawing on a series of interviews made to Chinese independent commentators between 2008 and 2015, this contribution aims to discuss the effects that the (in)visibility of the author has on the commentary’s authoritativeness and political influence, and the degree of independence with which opinions can be expressed, in a media environment that is still attentively controlled by the political authority.

Geography Notebooks, 2018

The Belt and Road (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing in May 2017, was the... more The Belt and Road (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing in May 2017, was the first event to gather official representatives from almost 60 countries in the name of China's project to re-enliven the spirit of the ancient Silk Road. Before and during the Forum, music videos were released online, promoting the benefits that the BRI would bring to the many populations involved, reproducing keywords from the institutional discourse on the initiative. Institutionally inspired music videos and cartoons have become growingly common in the Chinese cyberspace since 2013, with the aim to promote the CCP's political message among younger citizens. Drawing on the analysis of the videos released in relation to the Belt and Road Forum, the contribution discusses the role of such products in the popularisation of the CCP's political discourse towards national and international audiences.

Rivista bimestrale di politica, relazioni internazionali e dinamiche socio-economiche della Cina ... more Rivista bimestrale di politica, relazioni internazionali e dinamiche socio-economiche della Cina contemporanea Il presidente cinese Xi Jinping aveva promosso le ambizioni della Cina in campo calcistico ancor prima di approdare ai vertici della Repubblica popolare. La burocrazia del Partito-Stato ha da ultimo tradotto la sua visione in un "Piano di medio-lungo termine per lo sviluppo del calcio cinese, 2016-2050". Xi ha più volte rimarcato il proprio impegno in questo ambito, come di recente nel caso della partita amichevole tra giovanissimi giocatori cinesi e tedeschi durante la visita in Germania nel luglio 2017 (Foto: Deutsche Fussball Liga). Prestigio, profitto e valori: il sogno calcistico della Cina Registrato con il n.177 del 26/5/2011 presso la Sezione Stampa e Informazione del Tribunale di Roma -ISSN 2280-8035 grafica e impaginazione: www.glamlab.it La Cina e il calcio globale: potere d'acquisto e potere nazionale nel caso Suning-Inter | Emma Lupano "Fratelli del mondo". Il calcio come pratica culturale e linguaggio globale | Lidia De Michelis e Roberto Pedretti Inter-Suning: la percezione della stampa italiana. Un'analisi linguistica | Giovanna Mapelli Se la Cina scende in campo. Il potenziale della Serie A e le opportunità offerte dagli investimenti cinesi | Luca Petroni Europa&Cina Cina-Ue: verso un partenariato strategico del pallone? | Lorenzo Bardia e Nicola Casarini Cinesitaliani A proposito dello jus soli, un utile ripasso di storia patria | Daniele Brigadoi Cologna Recensione Marco Bagozzi e Andrea Bisceglia, Storia del calcio cinese. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri | Giuseppe Gabusi orizzonteCina nazionale cinese, infatti, finora è riuscita a qualificarsi soltanto una volta all'evento più importante del mondo del pallone, nel 2002. Ne uscì sconfitta in tre partite in cui non segnò neanche un goal. Da quando è diventato capo dello Stato, Xi Jinping, descritto in più occasioni dalla stampa cinese come appassionato di calcio sin da bambino e giocatore di qualche valore nella squadra della sua scuola, è diventato il volto delle aspirazioni di grandeur calcistica del paese e del sogno di trasformare la Cina in una "potenza dello sport" (tiyu qiangguo, 建设体育强国). Per raggiungere questo scopo, sono stati lanciati precisi piani nazionali. Il Programma per la riforma e lo sviluppo del calcio cinese (Zhongguo zuqiu gaige fazhan zongti fang'an, 中国足球改革发展 总体方案) è il più dettagliato tra i documenti sul tema: approvato dal Consiglio degli affari di Stato nel 2015, descrive i passi strategici orizzonteCina VOL. 8, N. 3 |SETTEMBRE_OTTOBRE 2017 DIRETTORE RESPONSABILE Gianni Bonvicini, IAI DIRETTORE Giovanni Andornino, Università di Torino e T.wai COMITATO DI REDAZIONE Simone Dossi (coordinatore), Università degli Studi di Milano e T.wai Daniele Brigadoi Cologna, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria e T.wai Daniele Brombal, Università Ca'Foscari di Venezia e T.wai Nicola Casarini, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Carlotta Clivio, LSE-PKU graduate student e T.wai AUTORI Lorenzo Bardia, assistente alla ricerca dell'area Asia, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Daniele Brigadoi Cologna, ricercatore e docente di lingua e cultura cinese, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria; Research Fellow, T.wai; socio fondatore, agenzia di ricerca e intervento Codici Nicola Casarini, coordinatore dell'area di ricerca Asia, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Lidia De Michelis, professore ordinario di Cultura inglese e di Culture anglofone, Università degli Studi di Milano Giuseppe Gabusi, docente di International political economy e political economy dell'Asia orientale, Università di Torino; Research Fellow e responsabile del programma "Changing World Politics", T.wai Emma Lupano, ricercatrice di Lingua e cultura cinese, Università degli Studi di Milano Giovanna Mapelli, professore associato di Lingua spagnola, Università degli Studi di Milano Roberto Pedretti, già docente di Cultura inglese, Università degli Studi di Milano Luca Petroni, presidente Deloitte Financial Advisory; responsabile per il network italiano di Deloitte del settore Transport, Hospitality and Sport

WENXIN. L’ESSENZA DELLA SCRITTURA Contributi in onore di Alessandra Cristina Lavagnino, 2017

Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in... more Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in a sector that had changed significantly since the media reform was launched in the country in 1978. When Chinese newspapers, which formerly survived thanks to state funds, had to adopt a business mindset, freelance writers became necessary to sustain these changes. They contributed in particular to the diffusion and standardization of the genre of the " commentary on current affairs " (shiping 时评), establishing themselves as new and original voices in a media system that is still tightly controlled. Building on an analysis of the linguistic features of a corpus of qualitative interviews conducted with Chinese freelance writers between 2008 and 2015, this paper studies their self-representation and understanding of their mission, discussing the extent to which they believe their independent opinions matter in the public arena, in a context that has been changing quickly, due to the decline of print media and due to a new political environment.

The development of sport, and in particular the reform and development of football, has emerged a... more The development of sport, and in particular the reform and development of football, has emerged as an important theme in the political discourse of China’s “fifth generation” of leaders. The current president of the People’s Republic of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has presented himself as the main sponsor for this reform, in a country where sport, since Mao Zedong’s era, has been highly political. Xi is also the promoter of the recent revival of propaganda posters in China’s public discourse, a tool which, after having been widely used in the Mao era, had lost much of its relevance in the public discourse after the 1970s. This paper discusses recurring keywords and concepts in the discursive representation of sport in the Mao era and under the current leadership. It is based on analysis of the slogans used in 25 propaganda posters on sport from 1950-1980s that were displayed at an exhibition in Sydney during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015 received ... more The terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015 received extensive media coverage in Europe, creating a discussion that mainly revolved around the issues of terrorism and press freedom. The Chinese media also paid attention to the event, and this study, based on analysis of a corpus of news commentaries published in the aftermath of the attack, highlights the discursive features of the positions on the Charlie Hebdo case of two Chinese language papers, the party-run Huanqiu Shibao and the market-oriented Xinjingbao. A qualitative and quantitative approach has been used to identify relevant themes and to measure the frequency of related terms. The research question is whether news commentaries expressed a plurality of views on a controversial subject such as freedom of speech in China. The results show that the case has generally been used to reinforce the official discourse on both terrorism and press freedom. However, while Huanqiu Shibao’s news commentaries failed to perform the genre’s purpose to voice independent opinions, some Xinjingbao’s articles were able to present original viewpoints. This can be considered a sign that some debate is possible in China even on highly controversial topics, and that the writers of commentaries, who often are freelancers, play a key role in widening the discussion in the country’s media sphere.

Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in... more Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in a sector that had changed significantly since the media reform was launched in the country in 1978. When Chinese newspapers, which formerly survived thanks to state funds, had to adopt a business mindset, freelance writers became necessary to sustain these changes. They contributed in particular to the diffusion and standardization of the genre of the " commentary on current affairs " (shiping 时评), establishing themselves as new and original voices in a media system that is still tightly controlled. Building on an analysis of the linguistic features of a corpus of qualitative interviews conducted with Chinese freelance writers between 2008 and 2015, this paper studies their self-representation and understanding of their mission, discussing the extent to which they believe their independent opinions matter in the public arena, in a context that has been changing quickly, due to the decline of print media and due to a new political environment.

Mondo cinese, 2017

China’s investments in global football have raised the attention of observers all over the world... more China’s investments in global football have raised the attention of observers all over the
world, due to the size of capitals deployed by China’s companies as part of a systemic approach that has been strongly encouraged by the Chinese Communist Party. In 2011, Xi Jinping announced China’s ambition to become a football powerhouse in the future decades, and then portrayed this aspiration as part of the “Chinese dream”. In line with this goal, in 2015 the State Council published the Chinese Football Reform and Development Programme, which articulated the country’s strategy to become a “sport power” by promoting the development of the football industry. Building on content analysis of the document, this contribution discusses the characteristics of China's official discourse on the reform of football in China, showing the interaction between the economic and the political aims of the project.

Altre Modernita Rivista Di Studi Letterari E Culturali, Nov 29, 2012

Considerato una delle figure più interessanti e polivalenti del mondo dell'arte e del cinema cine... more Considerato una delle figure più interessanti e polivalenti del mondo dell'arte e del cinema cinese di oggi, OU NING è artista, documentarista, curatore della Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture e capo redattore della rivista letteraria bimestrale Chutzpah!, da lui fondata nel 2011. Alla fine degli anni Novanta ha fondato la società indipendente di film e video "U-thèque" e ha in seguito lanciato la piattaforma per attività culturali alternative "Alternative Archive". Vive a Pechino, è direttore della Fondazione Shao e membro del Consiglio per l'Arte Asiatica 2011 del Museo Guggenheim. E. Lupano: da artista polivalente e iperattivo, si è occupato e si occupa di arte, di letteratura, di cinema e di documentari. Quale definirebbe la sua forma di espressione preferita?

Questo volume è il frutto di una ricerca sul campo svolta tra il 2008 e il 2015 che è consistita ... more Questo volume è il frutto di una ricerca sul campo svolta tra il 2008 e il 2015 che è consistita nella raccolta di interviste orali in cinese a giornalisti freelance, redattori e studiosi di media in Cina. Dal corpus costituito dalle trascrizioni e dalle traduzioni in italiano di tali interviste nasce una selezione di testi presentati e commentati in questo volume con l’obiettivo di portare alla luce, da una parte, i riferimenti a problemi, temi e aspirazioni comuni di una comunità di discorso e, dall’altra, il ricorrere di espressioni, parole chiave, formule e metafore condivise. Gli elementi discorsivi e lessicali identificati rafforzano l’ipotesi del rinsaldarsi di un’identità professionale condivisa tra le diverse figure che operano nel settore dei media in Cina oggi. Un risultato che appare rilevante soprattutto perché tale identità professionale ha dovuto ridefinirsi negli ultimi decenni in seguito alle riforme che hanno investito i media cinesi e alla diffusione sempre più ampia di forme di collaborazione esterna dei giornalisti cinesi alle testate su cui scrivono.

China’s Football Dream, 2018

The article presents a case study on the Chinese narrative on the acquisition of FC Internazional... more The article presents a case study on the Chinese narrative on the acquisition of FC Internazionale by the Chinese company Suning. The analysis builds on a corpus of news commentaries published in a selection of Chinese media.

Altre Modernità, 2018

In China, the genre of news commentary has had a key role in the evolution of the country’s polit... more In China, the genre of news commentary has had a key role in the evolution of the country’s politics since the end of the 19th century, when modern journalism started to develop under the late Qing dynasty. In contemporary press, news commentaries (xinwen pinglun) can be divided into two main sub-genres: commentary on current affairs (shiping) and editorial (shelun). While their structure and communicative purposes are similar, the main difference lies in the (in)visibility of the author. Shiping are signed by the commentator and include a brief profile to qualify them as an expert. Shelun are anonymous, since the opinions presented are the paper’s voice. Starting from the late 90s, as a consequence of the commercialisation of the sector and a growing demand for original views in the press, papers have increasingly relied on independent contributors (ziyou zhuangaoren) for commentaries on current affairs and editorials. Drawing on a series of interviews made to Chinese independent commentators between 2008 and 2015, this contribution aims to discuss the effects that the (in)visibility of the author has on the commentary’s authoritativeness and political influence, and the degree of independence with which opinions can be expressed, in a media environment that is still attentively controlled by the political authority.

Geography Notebooks, 2018

The Belt and Road (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing in May 2017, was the... more The Belt and Road (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing in May 2017, was the first event to gather official representatives from almost 60 countries in the name of China's project to re-enliven the spirit of the ancient Silk Road. Before and during the Forum, music videos were released online, promoting the benefits that the BRI would bring to the many populations involved, reproducing keywords from the institutional discourse on the initiative. Institutionally inspired music videos and cartoons have become growingly common in the Chinese cyberspace since 2013, with the aim to promote the CCP's political message among younger citizens. Drawing on the analysis of the videos released in relation to the Belt and Road Forum, the contribution discusses the role of such products in the popularisation of the CCP's political discourse towards national and international audiences.

Rivista bimestrale di politica, relazioni internazionali e dinamiche socio-economiche della Cina ... more Rivista bimestrale di politica, relazioni internazionali e dinamiche socio-economiche della Cina contemporanea Il presidente cinese Xi Jinping aveva promosso le ambizioni della Cina in campo calcistico ancor prima di approdare ai vertici della Repubblica popolare. La burocrazia del Partito-Stato ha da ultimo tradotto la sua visione in un "Piano di medio-lungo termine per lo sviluppo del calcio cinese, 2016-2050". Xi ha più volte rimarcato il proprio impegno in questo ambito, come di recente nel caso della partita amichevole tra giovanissimi giocatori cinesi e tedeschi durante la visita in Germania nel luglio 2017 (Foto: Deutsche Fussball Liga). Prestigio, profitto e valori: il sogno calcistico della Cina Registrato con il n.177 del 26/5/2011 presso la Sezione Stampa e Informazione del Tribunale di Roma -ISSN 2280-8035 grafica e impaginazione: www.glamlab.it La Cina e il calcio globale: potere d'acquisto e potere nazionale nel caso Suning-Inter | Emma Lupano "Fratelli del mondo". Il calcio come pratica culturale e linguaggio globale | Lidia De Michelis e Roberto Pedretti Inter-Suning: la percezione della stampa italiana. Un'analisi linguistica | Giovanna Mapelli Se la Cina scende in campo. Il potenziale della Serie A e le opportunità offerte dagli investimenti cinesi | Luca Petroni Europa&Cina Cina-Ue: verso un partenariato strategico del pallone? | Lorenzo Bardia e Nicola Casarini Cinesitaliani A proposito dello jus soli, un utile ripasso di storia patria | Daniele Brigadoi Cologna Recensione Marco Bagozzi e Andrea Bisceglia, Storia del calcio cinese. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri | Giuseppe Gabusi orizzonteCina nazionale cinese, infatti, finora è riuscita a qualificarsi soltanto una volta all'evento più importante del mondo del pallone, nel 2002. Ne uscì sconfitta in tre partite in cui non segnò neanche un goal. Da quando è diventato capo dello Stato, Xi Jinping, descritto in più occasioni dalla stampa cinese come appassionato di calcio sin da bambino e giocatore di qualche valore nella squadra della sua scuola, è diventato il volto delle aspirazioni di grandeur calcistica del paese e del sogno di trasformare la Cina in una "potenza dello sport" (tiyu qiangguo, 建设体育强国). Per raggiungere questo scopo, sono stati lanciati precisi piani nazionali. Il Programma per la riforma e lo sviluppo del calcio cinese (Zhongguo zuqiu gaige fazhan zongti fang'an, 中国足球改革发展 总体方案) è il più dettagliato tra i documenti sul tema: approvato dal Consiglio degli affari di Stato nel 2015, descrive i passi strategici orizzonteCina VOL. 8, N. 3 |SETTEMBRE_OTTOBRE 2017 DIRETTORE RESPONSABILE Gianni Bonvicini, IAI DIRETTORE Giovanni Andornino, Università di Torino e T.wai COMITATO DI REDAZIONE Simone Dossi (coordinatore), Università degli Studi di Milano e T.wai Daniele Brigadoi Cologna, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria e T.wai Daniele Brombal, Università Ca'Foscari di Venezia e T.wai Nicola Casarini, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Carlotta Clivio, LSE-PKU graduate student e T.wai AUTORI Lorenzo Bardia, assistente alla ricerca dell'area Asia, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Daniele Brigadoi Cologna, ricercatore e docente di lingua e cultura cinese, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria; Research Fellow, T.wai; socio fondatore, agenzia di ricerca e intervento Codici Nicola Casarini, coordinatore dell'area di ricerca Asia, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Lidia De Michelis, professore ordinario di Cultura inglese e di Culture anglofone, Università degli Studi di Milano Giuseppe Gabusi, docente di International political economy e political economy dell'Asia orientale, Università di Torino; Research Fellow e responsabile del programma "Changing World Politics", T.wai Emma Lupano, ricercatrice di Lingua e cultura cinese, Università degli Studi di Milano Giovanna Mapelli, professore associato di Lingua spagnola, Università degli Studi di Milano Roberto Pedretti, già docente di Cultura inglese, Università degli Studi di Milano Luca Petroni, presidente Deloitte Financial Advisory; responsabile per il network italiano di Deloitte del settore Transport, Hospitality and Sport

WENXIN. L’ESSENZA DELLA SCRITTURA Contributi in onore di Alessandra Cristina Lavagnino, 2017

Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in... more Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in a sector that had changed significantly since the media reform was launched in the country in 1978. When Chinese newspapers, which formerly survived thanks to state funds, had to adopt a business mindset, freelance writers became necessary to sustain these changes. They contributed in particular to the diffusion and standardization of the genre of the " commentary on current affairs " (shiping 时评), establishing themselves as new and original voices in a media system that is still tightly controlled. Building on an analysis of the linguistic features of a corpus of qualitative interviews conducted with Chinese freelance writers between 2008 and 2015, this paper studies their self-representation and understanding of their mission, discussing the extent to which they believe their independent opinions matter in the public arena, in a context that has been changing quickly, due to the decline of print media and due to a new political environment.

The development of sport, and in particular the reform and development of football, has emerged a... more The development of sport, and in particular the reform and development of football, has emerged as an important theme in the political discourse of China’s “fifth generation” of leaders. The current president of the People’s Republic of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has presented himself as the main sponsor for this reform, in a country where sport, since Mao Zedong’s era, has been highly political. Xi is also the promoter of the recent revival of propaganda posters in China’s public discourse, a tool which, after having been widely used in the Mao era, had lost much of its relevance in the public discourse after the 1970s. This paper discusses recurring keywords and concepts in the discursive representation of sport in the Mao era and under the current leadership. It is based on analysis of the slogans used in 25 propaganda posters on sport from 1950-1980s that were displayed at an exhibition in Sydney during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015 received ... more The terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015 received extensive media coverage in Europe, creating a discussion that mainly revolved around the issues of terrorism and press freedom. The Chinese media also paid attention to the event, and this study, based on analysis of a corpus of news commentaries published in the aftermath of the attack, highlights the discursive features of the positions on the Charlie Hebdo case of two Chinese language papers, the party-run Huanqiu Shibao and the market-oriented Xinjingbao. A qualitative and quantitative approach has been used to identify relevant themes and to measure the frequency of related terms. The research question is whether news commentaries expressed a plurality of views on a controversial subject such as freedom of speech in China. The results show that the case has generally been used to reinforce the official discourse on both terrorism and press freedom. However, while Huanqiu Shibao’s news commentaries failed to perform the genre’s purpose to voice independent opinions, some Xinjingbao’s articles were able to present original viewpoints. This can be considered a sign that some debate is possible in China even on highly controversial topics, and that the writers of commentaries, who often are freelancers, play a key role in widening the discussion in the country’s media sphere.

Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in... more Freelance journalists in China emerged in the early 2000s as a much-needed professional entity in a sector that had changed significantly since the media reform was launched in the country in 1978. When Chinese newspapers, which formerly survived thanks to state funds, had to adopt a business mindset, freelance writers became necessary to sustain these changes. They contributed in particular to the diffusion and standardization of the genre of the " commentary on current affairs " (shiping 时评), establishing themselves as new and original voices in a media system that is still tightly controlled. Building on an analysis of the linguistic features of a corpus of qualitative interviews conducted with Chinese freelance writers between 2008 and 2015, this paper studies their self-representation and understanding of their mission, discussing the extent to which they believe their independent opinions matter in the public arena, in a context that has been changing quickly, due to the decline of print media and due to a new political environment.

Mondo cinese, 2017

China’s investments in global football have raised the attention of observers all over the world... more China’s investments in global football have raised the attention of observers all over the
world, due to the size of capitals deployed by China’s companies as part of a systemic approach that has been strongly encouraged by the Chinese Communist Party. In 2011, Xi Jinping announced China’s ambition to become a football powerhouse in the future decades, and then portrayed this aspiration as part of the “Chinese dream”. In line with this goal, in 2015 the State Council published the Chinese Football Reform and Development Programme, which articulated the country’s strategy to become a “sport power” by promoting the development of the football industry. Building on content analysis of the document, this contribution discusses the characteristics of China's official discourse on the reform of football in China, showing the interaction between the economic and the political aims of the project.

Altre Modernita Rivista Di Studi Letterari E Culturali, Nov 29, 2012

Considerato una delle figure più interessanti e polivalenti del mondo dell'arte e del cinema cine... more Considerato una delle figure più interessanti e polivalenti del mondo dell'arte e del cinema cinese di oggi, OU NING è artista, documentarista, curatore della Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture e capo redattore della rivista letteraria bimestrale Chutzpah!, da lui fondata nel 2011. Alla fine degli anni Novanta ha fondato la società indipendente di film e video "U-thèque" e ha in seguito lanciato la piattaforma per attività culturali alternative "Alternative Archive". Vive a Pechino, è direttore della Fondazione Shao e membro del Consiglio per l'Arte Asiatica 2011 del Museo Guggenheim. E. Lupano: da artista polivalente e iperattivo, si è occupato e si occupa di arte, di letteratura, di cinema e di documentari. Quale definirebbe la sua forma di espressione preferita?