China's New Creative Clusters

This is an insightful addition to the literature on culture and creativity in China. Based on intensive fieldwork in China, Keane takes us into the world of creative parks, zones, bases, and clusters in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, and shares his keen observations on, inter alia, the governance and epistemic communities that shape these clusters. Building from these grounded empirical observations, he offers clear theoretical insights into the relationships between culture, creativity and innovation. Lily Kong, Professor of Geography, National University of Singapore In every discussion of China, Michael Keane’s name stands out unrivalled for his knowledge of China’s history and his sensitivity to China’s interplay of culture, creativity and innovation. John Howkins, Director, John Howkins Centre on Creative Economy, Shanghai ""Keane’s latest book on ‘creative clusters’ raises important questions, and these questions alone make this a valuable and durable study for researchers and professionals working on China."" Thomas J. Berghuis, University of Sydney, Australia China Information 2012 26: 381 ""the book is a well-grounded account of how creative economy is implemented in China"" Zane Kripe, Leiden University Asiascape: Digital Asia 2 (2015) 282-283 ""Overall, it is an extremely stimulating read, laying out a rich repast of new insights into the relevance the MBH had for the time of its composition and continues to have today. This is a book no MBH scholar can ignore."" Pradip Bhattacharya The Statesman newspaper 20 September, 2015