Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On Friday January 21, 2022, UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research hosted an online book talk featuring discussions with Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang on her newly published book— Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China.
Dr. Wang gives a book talk on the history of copyright, and how it was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern China. She is joined by discussants Jiaqi Yao and Haoyue Li, both PhD Candidates at the UBC Department of Asian Studies. This talk is also be moderated by Dr. Renren Yang, from UBC’s Department of Asian Studies.
In Pirates and Publishers, Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China.
On Friday January 21, 2022, UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research hosted an online book talk featuring discussions with Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang on her newly published book— Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China.
Dr. Wang gives a book talk on the history of copyright, and how it was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern China. She is joined by discussants Jiaqi Yao and Haoyue Li, both PhD Candidates at the UBC Department of Asian Studies. This talk is also be moderated by Dr. Renren Yang, from UBC’s Department of Asian Studies.
In Pirates and Publishers, Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China.
