Dorothy Wai Sim Lau is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include stardom, celebrities, fandom, Asian cinema, Hong Kong cinema, digital culture, and screen culture. She is the author of Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture (2019) and Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Networks: Voice, Ethnicity, Power (2021). Lau was the visiting scholar at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield in 2022.

"At a time of cross-border stardom and fandom, Lau’s book brings in a groundbreaking approach to what constitutes goodwill stardom and celebrity-hood through detailed and methodologically sound case studies from India, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, while also representing different media and technology outlets and industries. Professor Liza Tsaliki, Department of Communication & Media Studies, School of Economics & Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgement Introduction An Uncharted Terrain: Asian Celebrities’ Engagement in Activism and Philanthropy 1. Bollywood Stardom and Advocacy: Aamir Khan’s Crossover Persona and the Imagined Sino-Indian Relations 2. Beyond the K-pop Spectacle: BTS’ “Love Myself” Campaign, Celebrity Diplomacy, and Fan Activism 3. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Eco-activist Persona 4. Denise Ho’s Celebrity Activism in Contemporary Hong Kong 5. The “Sales Queen” Doing Good: Weiya and the Wanghong Philanthropy in China’s Live-streaming Landscape 6. Global Pandemic and the Inter-Asian Discourse of Celebrity: The Rise of a New Form of Solidarity Conclusion Toward an Imaginary of Cosmopolitical Asia Index