Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 208 (April 2025), Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture

With the development of digital technology, platform economics had risen dramatically in China, profoundly affecting the daily lives of all sectors in the society, and the rights and interests of digital labors are of particular concern. The theme of this issue of “
The Twenty-first Century Review” is “Platform Economics: A Brave New World?”, in which three articles are published, considering the problems of platform employment from different perspectives.
The Twenty-First Century ReviewPlatform Economics: A Brave New World?Wang Jian-hua: Digitalization and the Evolving Trends of Employment Relations in China
Sun Ping, Liang Wei-bo, Liu Gang-ping: Beyond Algorithmic Control: Alternative Digital Practices of Platform Workers
Wu Qing-jun: The Business Model and Governance Dilemma of Platform-based Employment
Research ArticlesSong Guo-qing: Redressing Cultural Revolution Injustices: A Study from the Perspective of Transitional Justice
Ren Xi-peng: Revolution and Governance: Debates and Reflections on Class Theory in Contemporary China
Ma Hao-nan: The Transformation and Crisis of “Modern” Narratives: A Study on the Writing of Chinese Intellectual History in the Late Twentieth Century
View on the WorldZhang Wen: The Centennial Changes of Shanghai Photography and Urban Imagination
Glamour of ScholarsZhang Ning: From Microhistory to Global History: An Interview with Professor Henrietta Harrison (Part I)
From the Scientific WorldChen Qiu-fan: The Literature Revolution in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Book ReviewsGao Yu-xuan: The Unintended Consequences behind the Thriving E-Commerce Market: A Review on Lizhi Liu,
From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in ChinaLi Xiao-tian: Labor Games in Tech Companies: A Review on Tongyu Wu,
Play to Submission: Gaming Capitalism in a Tech Firm
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Twenty-First Century Bimonthly website:
https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/21c/en/issues/c208.html

On various international diplomatic occasions in recent years, Chinese leaders always mentioned that the Global South is expected to inject an important stabilizing force into the world in chaos. In this issue of “
The Twenty-first Century Review”, three scholars are invited to discuss the topic of “The Global South in a Changing World” from various perspectives, such as theoretical, diplomatic, and political aspects.