Governing through Visibility: Local Government Experimentation with Internet Celebrity Cities in China.
The rise of internet celebrity cities has become one of the most striking phenomena in China since 2021. How do local governments respond and harness this trend to advance their development goals? This study focuses on local experimentation in creating such cities, drawing on the case of the Village...
| Publicado en: | China Quarterly Vol. 266; pp. 365 - 385 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jun2026
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