Shenshen Cai is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of State Propaganda in China’s Entertainment Industry (Routledge 2016), and she has recently published articles in Social Semiotics (2015), Asian Studies Review (2016), and Visual Anthropology (2016).

• Introduction1 Empresses in the Palace: Historical Drama and its Reflections on the Political and Workplace Culture in Contemporary China 2 Angel Heart: Harmonizing Contemporary Chinese Society through Exemplary Model Doctors 3 A Trans-Media Reading of a White-Collar Workplace Bestseller and its TV and Film Adaptations: A Story of Lala’s Promotion and Go Lala Go 4 Honey Bee Man: Divorced Women and an Elaboration of the Contemporary Chinese Female 5 See without Looking: From vulnerable people to competent and respectful citizens 6 Parents of the Single Child: China’s One-child Policy and its Social RepercussionsConclusion

Shenshen Cai is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of State Propaganda in China’s Entertainment Industry (Routledge 2016), and she has recently published articles in Social Semiotics (2015), Asian Studies Review (2016), and Visual Anthropology (2016).

• Introduction1 Empresses in the Palace: Historical Drama and its Reflections on the Political and Workplace Culture in Contemporary China 2 Angel Heart: Harmonizing Contemporary Chinese Society through Exemplary Model Doctors 3 A Trans-Media Reading of a White-Collar Workplace Bestseller and its TV and Film Adaptations: A Story of Lala’s Promotion and Go Lala Go 4 Honey Bee Man: Divorced Women and an Elaboration of the Contemporary Chinese Female 5 See without Looking: From vulnerable people to competent and respectful citizens 6 Parents of the Single Child: China’s One-child Policy and its Social RepercussionsConclusion