1st Edition

Global Financial Media and China's Greater Bay Area Digital Dilemmas

By Vincent P. Wong, Anilesh Kumar Copyright 2027
174 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Examining the complex dynamics of China-U.S. relations through the lens of media discourse, this book explores how political, business, and media elites shape narratives around China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) against a backdrop of economic interdependence and geopolitical tensions. This book explores how global media and policy elites make sense of China’s digital rise at a time of intensifying... Read more

Introduction: The Sino-U.S. Conflict as “The Great Dilemma”; 1. The Greater Bay Area as an Emerging Digital Hub; 2. A Dilemma Theory for the Digital Age; 3. The West’s Dilemma: Decoupling or De-risking; 4. China’s Dilemma: Contesting the America-led Global Digital Order; 5. The “Elite Public Sphere”: Political, Business, and Media Elites; 6. Elite Financial Media and the China Dilemma; 7. Chinese Financial Media: Traversing between Party and Market line; 8. Looking Beyond the Greater Bay Area Versus California Dilemma

Biography

Vincent P. Wong is a veteran broadcaster with over 20 years of experience and a pioneer in promoting solutions journalism across Asia. He holds a PhD from Hong Kong Baptist University, where his research focused on China-U.S. relations, as well as an MBA from Cambridge University and an LL.B. from the University of London, UK.

Anilesh Kumar is an assistant professor of journalism and international communication and associate director of the Centre for Creative Media and Communication Research at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University. He serves as vice chair of the International Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). He holds master’s degrees in TV journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and in international relations and democratic politics from the University of Westminster, UK.