Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Culture, Commerce and Creativity in China 2. Redesigning China’s Creative Space 3. Clusters and Regional Development 4. Beijing: Creative Capital or State Managed Openness? 5. Art Districts: The Pin-up Child of the Chinese Creative Economy 6. Shanghai’s Cluster-led Creative Renaissance 7. Media Districts, Parks and Bases 8. Culture, Creativity, Innovation, Imagination

About the Author

Michael Keane is an ARC Centre Fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. His research interests include China’s cultural and media policy, creative clusters in China and East Asia, and East Asian cultural exports.

Reviews

This is an insightful addition to the literature on culture and creativity in China. Based on intensive fieldwork in China, Keane takes us into the world of creative parks, zones, bases, and clusters in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, and shares his keen observations on, inter alia, the governance and epistemic communities that shape these clusters. Building from these grounded empirical observations, he offers clear theoretical insights into the relationships between culture, creativity and innovation. Lily Kong, Professor of Geography, National University of SingaporeIn every discussion of China, Michael Keane’s name stands out unrivalled for his knowledge of China’s history and his sensitivity to China’s interplay of culture, creativity and innovation.John Howkins, Director, John Howkins Centre on Creative Economy, Shanghai

"Keane’s latest book on ‘creative clusters’ raises important questions, and these questions alone make this a valuable and durable study for researchers and professionals working on China." - Thomas J. Berghuis, University of Sydney, Australia; China Information 2012 26: 381