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e-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia

Xin Gu  •  Michael Kho Lim Justin O’Connor Editors

Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia

Editors Xin Gu School of Media, Film and Journalism Monash University Caulfield East, VIC, Australia Justin O’Connor School of Creative Industries University of South Australia Adelaide, SA, Australia

Michael Kho Lim School of Journalism, Media and Culture Cardiff University Cardiff, UK

Department of Cultural Industry and Management Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai, China

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Lucy Batrouney from Palgrave Macmillan for her enthusiasm for this book project. We are grateful for Bryony Burns and Mala Sanghera-Warren at Palgrave Macmillan for their support and guidance for seeing the book through to publication. We also thank colleagues at our respective institutions: School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, and the Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of South Australia for providing intellectual support. The anonymous reviewers helped ensure the quality of the publication.

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Contents

1 Introduction: Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia  1 Xin Gu, Michael Kho Lim, and Justin O’Connor Part I Concept