Cultural Ex-Change in China

Qi and Liu examine the trajectory of sociocultural changes in Chinese society since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 by analysing translation phenomena across distinct historical periods.The book investigates how cultural exchanges are mediated and understood through translations and their reception by Chinese audiences, including diverse forms such as multimodal and transmedial translations, ranging from films to web novels. Rather than treating translations solely as products or passive reflections of cultural contexts, the book positions them as active agents within these contexts, shaping and facilitating cultural exchanges. By highlighting the interplay between the contextuality of translated texts and the textuality of sociocultural environments, the book proposes a systematic framework for interpreting Chinese history and society through the lens of translation.This work offers valuable insights for scholars and researchers in translation studies, literary studies, cultural studies, and Chinese studies.