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Curriculum Vitae CHEW, Matthew Ming-tak

December 2021 I. Academic and Professional Qualifications: 1. Ph.D. (1997) Department of Sociology, Princeton University Thesis: ‘A sociological study of international cultural relations: Production of modern Japanese

and Chinese philosophy in an international academic context’ 2. M.A. (1992) (with Distinction) Department of Sociology, Princeton University 3. B.S. (1989) (Honor Society) Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research,

University of California, Berkeley II. Academic and Professional Experience: 1. (Sept 2014-) Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University 2. (Aug 2006 – July 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist

University 3. (Jan 2004 - Jan 2006) Research Associate, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The

Chinese University of Hong Kong 4. (Jan 2004 - Jun 2004) Course coordinator (part-time), School of Social Science, Department

of Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Center, The University of Hong Kong 5. (Jan 2003 - Jun 2003) Lecturer (part-time), Department of Intercultural Studies, Chinese

University of Hong Kong 6. (Aug 2002 - Aug 2003) Lecturer (part-time), University of London External Program and

School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong 7. (Feb 2002 - Dec 2002) Head Researcher, PROV Consultants, Hong Kong 8. (Aug 1998 - Jan 1999) Lecturer (temporary), Department of Public and Social Administration,

The City University of Hong Kong 9. (Aug 1997 - Aug 1998) Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and

Policy, Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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III. Teaching Experience: 1. (2019-2020) Co-Instructor ‘Understanding Social Sustainability through Documentary Films’

(undergraduate level course), Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University.

2. (2015-present) Instructor, ‘Sociology of Consumption in China.’ (undergraduate level course), Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University.

3. (2012-2013) Co-Instructor ‘Invitation to Sociology’ (undergraduate level course),

Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 4. (2009-present) Instructor, ‘The Internet and Society’ (undergraduate level course),

Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 5. (2009-present) Instructor, ‘Popular Culture and Society.’ (undergraduate level course),

Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 6. (2009-present) Instructor, ‘Graduate Seminar on Contemporary Social Issues in China:

Popular Culture and Society.’ (postgraduate level course), Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University

7. (2009) Co-Instructor, ‘Modern Chinese Society.’ (undergraduate level course), Department

of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 8. (2007-2009) Instructor, ‘Social Movements.’ (undergraduate level course), Department of

Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 9. (2007) Instructor, ‘Traditional Chinese Society.’ (undergraduate level course), Department of

Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 10. (2007) Instructor, ‘Globalization Studies.’ (postgraduate level course), Department of

Education, Hong Kong Baptist University. 11. (2006) Instructor, ‘Social Change and Modernization.’ (undergraduate level course),

Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 12. (2006) Instructor, ‘Globalization and Development Studies.’ (undergraduate level course),

Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University. 13. (2004) Instructor and Coordinator, ‘Media in Contemporary China.’ (undergraduate level

course) School of Social Science, The University of Hong Kong. 14. (2003) Instructor, ‘Cultures of Travel and Travel of Cultures.’ (postgraduate level course)

Department of Intercultural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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15. (2002) Instructor ‘Introduction to Sociology.’ (undergraduate level course) University of London External Program, SPACE, the University of Hong Kong.

16. (1998) Instructor, ‘Japanese Society and Culture.’ (undergraduate level course), Department

of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. 17. (1998) Instructor, ‘Historical and Comparative Research Methods.’ (postgraduate level

course), Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

18. (1997-1998) Instructor, ‘Sociological, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of

Education.’ (undergraduate level course), Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

IV. Scholarly/Creative/Professional Work: A. Scholarly books, monographs and chapters: 1. Chew MM (2021) The local mutation of professional academic organisations and its

fragmentising effect under academic globalisation: Evidence from modern China and Japan. In Bailey, A. and Mak R. (eds.), Asia and China in the Global Era. De Gruyter, pp. 173-189. (times cited in GS: 0)

2. Chew MM (2017) Contested reception of the free-to-play business model in the North

American video game market. in Fung, A. (ed.), Global Game Industries and Cultural Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 227-249. (times cited in GS: 5)

3. Chew MM (2015) Online games and society in China: an exploration of key issues and

problematics. In Hjorth, L. and Khoo, O. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia. Routledge, pp. 391-401. (times cited in GS: 3)

4. Chew MM (2013) Hybridity, empowerment and subversion in Cantopop electronic dance

music. In Kwok Bun Chan (ed.), Hybrid Hong Kong. London; New York: Routledge Press, pp. 186-198. (times cited in GS: 0)

5. Chew MM (2010) Hybridization of karaoke and dance clubbing practices in Chinese nightlife.

In Yiu Wai Chu and Eva Kit Wah Man (eds.), Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality, and Hybridity. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 287-307. (times cited in GS: 7)

6. Chew MM (2008) (in Chinese) 當代中國大衆文化: 以服裝時尚與社會互動爲中心的探討

(Contemporary popular culture in China: interaction between fashion and society). In: 陳鋒、

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邵一鳴、李思名 (eds.),《持續與變遷：當代中國的政經、社會和空间发展 》香港: 香港教育圖書公司, pp. 120-139. (times cited in GS: 0)

7. Yang G and Chew MM (2008) Hainan and the Pan-Pearl River Delta. In Yue-man Yeung and

Jianfa Shen (eds.), The Pan-Pearl River Delta: An Emerging Regional Economy in a Globalizing China. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 491-512. (my contribution: 95%) (times cited in GS: 0)

8. Chew M (2000) Politics and strategies for developing indigenous knowledge under

disciplinary compartmentalization: the case of modern Chinese and Japanese philosophy. In Martin Kusch (ed.), Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.125-154. (times cited in GS: 11)

B. Articles in externally refereed international journals Based on the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI 2021), the Arts & Humanities Citation Index

(A&HCI 2021), and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI 2021) of Clarivate Analytics, Scopus (2021), and Google Scholar (Jun 2021)

Chew MM (Under review) ‘Work-play’ as a solution to the puzzle of trilateral work-games: The ludic informal work routines of waitpersons in a Chinese dance club. Chew MM (Under review) A Marxist relational perspective on political consumerism: Relations of consumption and social change in the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. Chew MM (Under review) Why and how indigenous schools of knowledge develop under intellectual globalization: Institutional causes of indigenous philosophies in modern China and Japan. Chew MM (Under review) Cybernationalism and digital authoritarianism: Chinese fangirls’ peer production of the virtual celebrity, Oppa China. Chew MM (Under review) The political culture of Little Pinks, the new Chinese nationalists: Articulating nationalism, identity politics, and authoritarianism. Chew MM (Under review) A history of mic-shouting and tuhai electronic dance music in China, 1998-2019. Chew MM (Under review) The multi-scalar structure of contemporary intellectual fields and its impact on knowledge production: An illustration with a Chinese cultural debate. Chew MM (Under review) The ideological risk of transnational framing: Frame-aligning anti-cyberbullying discourses into a conversative and authoritarian ideology in Hong Kong. Chew MM (Under review) The strategic use of political verbal violence as tactical repertoire: Political swearing in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement. Chew MM (Under review) The sociopolitical impact of contemporary celebrity change: The case of Hong Kong celebrity in the 2000s. Chew MM (Under review) The instrumental consumption of ethnic culture: Assessing two economically driven ways of consuming the cheongsam in China. 1. Chew MM (in press) Rethinking the cultural relations between Hong Kong and China: An

analysis of the Chinese reception of Stephen Chow’s films. Modern China (SSCI: Area studies 50/79; Scopus: 97%, History)

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2. Chew MM (in press).= The significance and complexity of anti-corporate gamer activism:

Struggles against the exploitation and control of game-worlds in 2000s China. Games and Culture 1-23. (SSCI: Cultural studies: 6/45; Scopus: 98%, Cultural studies).

3. Chew MM (2021) How the ‘commercialized performance of affiliative race and ethnicity’ disrupts ethnoracial hierarchy: Ethnic majority customers’ encounter with South Asian waitpersons in Hong Kong’s restaurants. Sociology 1-18. (SSCI: Sociology 8/150; Scopus: 95%, Sociology & political science)

4. Chew MM (2021) The translocalism of Hong Kong popular culture: An analysis of a critical Internet meme co-created across Hong Kong and China. Hong Kong Studies 3(1): 1-27. (lead article)

5. Chew MM and Wang Y (2021) How propagames operate as a part of digital authoritarianism: An analysis of a popular Chinese propagame. Media, Culture and Society 43(8): 1431-1448. (SSCI: Sociology 30/150; Scopus: 90%, Communication), (my contribution: 80%).

6. Wang Y and Chew MM (2021) State, market, and the manufacturing of war memory: China’s television dramas on the War of Resistance against Japan. Memory Studies 1-15. (SSCI: Cultural studies 12/45; Scopus: 92%, Cultural studies), (my contribution: 40%).

7. Chew MM (2020) Reinterpreting how and why people consume counterfeit fashion products: A sociological challenge to the pro-business paradigm. Fashion Theory 1-25. (listed in A&HCI; Scopus: 91%, Visual arts & performing arts) (times cited in GS: 0).

8. Chew MM (2020) Discovering the digital Stephen Chow: The transborder influence of Chow’s films on the Chinese Internet in the 2010s. Global Media and China 5(3): 1-15. (listed in ESCI) (times cited in GS: 0).

9. Chew MM (2020) Assessing localization with its local sociocultural dynamics: How Hong Kong’s localized clubculture was undermined by wealth and power disparities. Globalizations 17(4): 730-745. (SSCI: Social science interdisciplinary 42/108; Scopus: 89%, General economics, econometrics and finance) (times cited in GS: 0).

10. Chew MM (2019) New boundary work of rural migrants: How it opens up new potential ways of remaking rural-urban symbolic boundaries in China. Chinese Sociological Review 51(4): 421-447. (SSCI: Sociology 70/150; Scopus: 88%, Anthropology) (times cited in GS: 2).

11. Chew MM and Mo SP (2019) Toward a Chinese hip-hop feminism and a feminist reassessment of hip-hop with breakdance: B-girling in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Asian Studies Review 43(3): 1-20. (SSCI: Cultural studies 8/45; Scopus: 95%, History) (times cited in GS: 5), (my contribution: 80%).

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12. Chew MM (2019) A critical cultural history of online games in China, 1995-2015. Games

and Culture 14(3): 195–215. (lead article) (SSCI: Cultural studies: 6/45; Scopus: 98%, Cultural studies) (times cited in GS: 22).

13. Au A and Chew M (2018) How do you feel? Managing emotional reaction, conveyance, and detachment on Facebook and Instagram. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 37(3): 127-137. (Scopus: 37%, Social sciences (miscellaneous)) (times cited in GS: 7).

14. Chew MM, Pun B. and Chan K (2016) Hong Kong comics after the mid-1990s. International Journal of Comic Art 18(1): 416-433. (my contribution: 60%) (times cited in GS: 2).

15. Wang Y and Chew MM (2016) Chinese media transition and news production of

nationalism: political, political economy, and cultural approaches. China Media Research 12(1): 60-71. (my contribution: 50%) (times cited, GS: 2).

16. Chew MM (2014) Rethinking the relationship between intellectuals and nationalism: a

sociology of knowledge approach to philosophers’ construction of national cultural identities in Modern Japan and China. Current Sociology 62(3): 314-333. (SSCI: Sociology 57/150; Scopus 86%, Sociology & political science) (times cited in GS: 8).

17. Chew MM and Wang Y (2012) Online cultural conservatism and Han ethnicism in China. Asian Social Science 8(7): 3-10. (my contribution: 60%) (Scimago: Social sciences (miscellaneous) Q4) (times cited in GS: 7).

18. Chew MM (2012) A social theoretical interpretation of Dai Zhen’s critique of neo-Confucianism. Asian Culture and History 4(2): 22-28. (times cited, GS: 0).

19. Chew MM (2011) Virtual property in China: the emergence of gamer rights awareness and the reaction of game corporations. New Media and Society 13(5): 722-738. (SSCI: : Communication 5/92; Scopus: 99%, Communication) (times cited in GS: 21).

20. Chew MM (2011) Analysis of an anti-domestic violence internet forum in China: mutual help, open communication, and social activism. China Media Research 7(1): 65-73. (times cited in GS: 3).

21. Chew MM (2011) Hybridity, empowerment and subversion in Cantopop electronic dance music. Visual Anthropology 24(1/2): 139-151. (listed in ESCI; Scopus: 80%, Cultural studies) (times cited in GS: 11).

22. Chew MM and Chen L (2010) Media institutional contexts of the emergence and development of Xinmanhua in China. International Journal of Comic Art 12(2): 171-191. (my contribution: 60%) (times cited in GS: 12).

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23. Chew MM (2010) Delineating the emergent global cultural dynamic of ‘lobalization’: the case of pass-off menswear in China. Continuum: Media and Cultural Studies 24(4): 559-571. (SSCI: Cultural studies: 25/45; Scopus: 92%, Visual arts & performing arts) (times cited, GS: 22).

24. Chew MM (2009) Research on Chinese nightlife and night-time economies: significance, problematics, and current development. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology 42(2): 3-21. (journal renamed Chinese Sociological Review) (SSCI ranking: Sociology 70/150; Scopus: 88%, Anthropology) (times cited in GS: 33).

25. Chew MM (2009) The subversive sociocultural meanings of Cantopop electronic dance

music. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology 42(2): 76-93. (journal renamed Chinese Sociological Review) (SSCI ranking: Sociology 70/150; Scopus: 88%, Anthropology) (times cited in GS: 8).

26. Chew MM (2009) Cultural sustainability and heritage tourism: problems in developing Bun

Festival tourism in Hong Kong. Journal of Sustainable Development 2(3): 34-43. (times cited in GS: 37).

27. Chew MM (2009) Intercultural interpretive difficulties of modern Chinese intellectual development: a hermeneutical view. Asian Culture and History 1(2): 34-44. (times cited in GS: 2).

28. Chew MM (2009) The theoretical quandary of subjectivity: an intellectual historical note on the action theories of Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schutz. Review of European Studies 1(1): 23-35. (times cited in GS: 9).

29. Chew MM (2009) Decline of the rave-inspired clubculture in China: state suppression, clubber adaptations, and clubcultural implications. Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 1(1): 22-34. (times cited in GS: 4).

30. Chew MM (2009) Cultural localization and its local discontents: contested evaluations of Cantopop electronic dance music. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 5: 167-190. (times cited in GS: 3).

31. Chew MM (2009) Japan Studies in China in the late 1980s: implications for reform, social change, and Sino-Japanese relations. China Information 23(3): 473-501. (SSCI: Area studies 23/79; Scopus 97%, General arts & humanities) (times cited in GS: 0).

32. Chew M and Sun L (2009) Retailer-supplier relationship in Hong Kong: asymmetry, power play, and supply chain management. International Journal of Business and Management 4(8): 3-11. (my contribution: 50%) (times cited in GS: 6).

33. Sun L, Kay R and Chew M (2009) Development of a retail life cycle: the case of Hong Kong’s department store industry. Asia Pacific Business Review 15(1): 107-121. (SSCI:

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Business 121/153; Scopus: 63%, Business & international management) (my contribution: 40%) (times cited in GS: 14).

34. Chew M (2008) How global academic stratification affects local academies: the inflated

role of knowledge reception in the philosophy discipline in modern Japan. International Education Studies 1(3): 52-60. (times cited, GS: 2).

35. Chew M (2008) Small fashion boutiques and retail change in China. Asian Social Science 4(8): 12-17. (Scimago: Social sciences (miscellaneous) Q4) (times cited, GS: 4).

36. Chew M (2008) The department store in Hong Kong: local institutional changes and the concession business model. International Business Research 1(4): 162-168. (times cited, GS: 1).

37. Chew M (2007) Contemporary re-emergence of the qipao: political nationalism, cultural production, and popular consumption of a traditional Chinese dress. The China Quarterly 189: 144-161. (SSCI: Area studies 3/77; Scopus: 89%, Political science & international relations) (times cited in GS: 41).

38. Chew M (2005) Academic boundary work in non-Western academies: comparative analysis of the philosophy discipline in modern China and Japan. International Sociology 20(4): 531-559. (SSCI: Sociology 83/150; Scopus: 75%, Sociology & political science) (times cited in GS: 8).

39. Chew M (2003) The dual consequences of cultural localization: how exposed short stockings subvert and sustain global cultural hierarchy. Positions: asia critique 11(2): 479-509. (A&HCI; Scopus: 93%, Literature & literary theory) (times cited in GS: 13).

40. Chew M (2001) An alternative metacritique of postcolonial cultural studies from a cultural sociological perspective. Cultural Studies 15(3/4): 602-620. (SSCI: Cultural studies 10/45; Scopus: 94%, Cultural studies) (times cited in GS: 9).

C. Conference papers: 1. Chew MM (2021) The strategic use of verbal violence as tactical repertoires: Political

swearing in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement. The 2nd Annual Conference of the Society for Hong Kong Studies. Virtual conference. 25-26 Jun.

2. Chew MM (2021) Rethinking the cultural relations between Hong Kong and China: An analysis of the Chinese reception of Stephen Chow’s films. The International Conference on Hong Kong Popular Culture: Imagining a Research Field. Virtual conference. 1-2 May.

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3. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2021) Theorizing migration in a coloniality of power context - Why 'southwards migrants' experience privilege instead of discrimination. IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Virtual Conference, February 23-27.

4. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2021) “Moving up or down”: Exploring landscapes of migration and employment in Southern cities. IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Virtual Conference, February 23-27.

5. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2020).'Beyond Race, Gender, and Class: Centering the North-South Axis in Analyses of Inequality', The 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (Virtual), Online, 8-11 Aug 2020.

6. Dai Z and Chew MM (2020) When the high are reconfigured: Mapping carnivalesque propaganda on Chinese Internet in the new Internet governance regime. The 70th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Virtual Conference, 20-26 May.

7. Chew MM (2019) Toward a new critical theory of popular culture. Hong Kong Sociology Association 21st Annual Conference, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 30 Nov.

8. Chew MM (2019) The Mainland Chinese legitimation of Stephen Chow’s films: A translocalist critique of major theoretical frameworks of Hong Kong culture. The 1st Annual Conference of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 22 Jun.

9. Chew MM (2019) Toward a critical field theoretical research program for the global sociology of knowledge. Workshop on Harnessing Global South Initiatives and Knowledge: Advancing Interest in Academic Publications, 15-16 May, Cebu, Philippines.

10. Chew MM (2018) Reinterpreting how and why people consume counterfeit fashion products: A sociological challenge to the pro-business paradigm. Asia Conference of International Chinese Sociology Association, Dec 19th-20th, Hong Kong.

11. Chew MM (2018) A new social theoretical critique of mainstream psychological research: Why we need it and how to begin developing it? Hong Kong Sociology Association 20th Annual Conference, Dec 1st, Hong Kong.

12. Chew MM (2018) Glocal ethnic hierarchies: A global field theoretical exploration of race and ethnicity. Hong Kong Sociology Association 20th Annual Conference, Dec 1st.

13. Chew MM (2018) Structural characteristics of transnational fields: A theoretical exploration. XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, July 15th-21st.

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14. Chew MM (2018) Analysis of a sociopolitically progressive and peer-produced mass entertainment form: Injustice framing in Chinese web novels. XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, July 15th-21st.

15. Chew MM (2018). The night-time economy in China: A different and local path of

neoliberalization of nightlife. International Workshop: Global South Perspectives, Hong Kong Baptist University, Apr 18th-19th.

16. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) The transnationality of attitudes towards immigrants: A

case study on Hong Kong. The 13th Conference of European Sociological Association, Athens, Greece, Aug 29th-Sept 1st.

17. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) Global power relations and their effect on the unequal racialization of migrants. American Sociological Association 112th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 12th-15th.

18. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) Assimilation theory’s assumption of the general devaluation of migrants’ human capital—and contradictory evidence. Annual Conference of the Association of Black Scholars, Montreal, Canada, August 10th-12th.

19. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) The unequal sorting of migrants into racialized social systems and its relation to global power structures. Annual Conference of the Association of Black Scholars, Montreal, Canada, August 10th-12th.

20. Chew MM Li SC (2017) How commercialized ‘performance of assumed ethnicity’ affects ethnic boundaries: Ethnic majority reception of migrant South Asian waitpersons in Hong Kong’s restaurants. Migration and East Asian Societies: Comparative perspectives, Max Weber Foundation Tokyo, Tokyo, July 28th.

21. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) The context-dependency of human capital and transnational logics of economic and cultural power: Comparing the occupational trajectories of South Asian and White migrants in Hong Kong. International Conference on Gender, Migration, and Economies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 9th-10th.

22. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) Mainstreaming and normativity of dominant group culture: A phenomenon particular to the Global North? Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, May 27th- June 2nd.

23. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) The unequal valuation of Indian and U.S. culture in Hong Kong: A mechanism reproducing global and local inequality? Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, May 27th- June 2nd.

24. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) An integrated theory of migrant incorporation. International Conference on Migration and Diasporas: Emerging Diversities and

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Development Challenges, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India, March 22nd-23rd.

25. Schöpf CM and Chew MM (2017) Cultural difference or cultural inequality? An extended case study of the experience of ‘cultural difference’ between highly skilled South Asian and White sojourners in Hong Kong. International Sociological Association Congress RC54, Rome, Italy, Jan 19th.

26. Chew MM (2016) Female YouTubers in Hong Kong: How gender inequality is challenged

and reinscribed through video-based new media. International Conference on ICT and Empowerment, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China, May 12nd-13rd.

27. Chew MM (2014) Breakdance and public space: A comparative study of Hong Kong, Taipei, and Beijing, Workshop on Culture and Creative Industries in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Nov 22nd.

28. Chew MM (2014) Online games and social protest. The First Conference on Civil Society

and Cultural Transformation in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Taipei, Taiwan, Jan 1st.

29. Chew MM (2014) Industrial structure and creativity in academic philosophy in modern China and Japan. The Second Conference on East Asian Culture and International Relations, Hong Kong Baptist University, Apr 16th-17th.

30. Chew MM and Mo PS (2013) B-girls in Hong Kong: inequality, resistance, and implications for hip-hop feminism. The 15th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 6th-7th.

31. Chew MM and Wong H (2013) A new type of race performance in the nighttime economy of Hong Kong. The 15th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 6-7.

32. Chew MM and Pun B (2013) Cyberrbullies, qidi, and flamers: the construction of an

internet moral panic in Hong Kong. The 15th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 6-7.

33. Chew MM (2013) The construction of an internet moral panic in Hong Kong. The 6th International Conference of Intercultural Communications, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Nov 16th-17th.

34. Chew MM (2013) The role and importance of critics in the creative industries: a

sociological analysis. The 6th Annual Conference on Aesthetics, Art, and Culture/Creative Industries, Nanhua University, Taiwan, May 18th-19th.

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35. Chew MM (2013) The online games industries in China, 1995-2013: a critical cultural perspective. International Conference on New Directions in the Development of Creative and Media Industries, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 7-8th.

36. Chew MM (2012) A sociological interpretation of the design aspects of Chinese game worlds. Virtual World Research Network Inaugural Conference, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK, May 16th-18th.

37. Chew MM (2012) The American cultural sociological approach: an illustration through the case of examining how Chinese online games differ from global ones. Seminar on Culture and Interdisciplinarity. Hong Kong Baptist University, Nov 5th.

38. Chew MM (2011) Chinese-language virtual worlds: how they differ from English-language ones in design and management. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Intercultural Communications, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Dec 17th-18th.

39. Chew MM (2011) The elderlys’ nightlife practices in Beijing: social autonomy or government control? Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Honolulu, USA. Mar 31st-Apr 3rd.

40. Chew MM (2010) The culture of free-to-play online games in China. International Conference on Asian Culture Industries: A Comparative Study of India, Japan and South Korea, Bangalore, India, Dec 21st-22nd.

41. Chew MM (2010) The role of critics in cultural production. The 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 4.

42. Chew MM (2010) Cantopop electronic dance music: hybridity, empowerment, and subversion. Workshop on Hybrid Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Mar 4.

43. Chew MM (2009-2010) Rise of the night-time economy in China. Oriental Forum, South Chinese School, Transworld Institute of Technology and South China University of Technology, Taiwan, Dec 31-Jan 1.

44. Chew MM (2009) A new national dress for China? Construction, promotion, and contested reception of the hanfu. The International Conference on Extra/Ordinary Dress Code: Costuming and the Second Skin in Asia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec 6th.

45. Chen L and Chew MM (2009) The subculture and subcultural capital of cosplay in China. The International Conference on Extra/Ordinary Dress Code: Costuming and the Second Skin in Asia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec 6th.

46. Chew MM (2009) Research on Chinese nightlife cultures and night-time economies: theoretical significance, current developments, and major problematics. The 1st Conference

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on Global Chinese cities: Hong Kong and Taiwanese Culture, Sept 26, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

47. Sun, NL and Chew M (2009) A combined theoretical approach to explaining the stagnation of the department store industry in Hong Kong. The Fifth Conference on Retailing in Asia Pacific, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Aug 25-27.

48. Chew MM. (2009) Disseminating Japanese anime and manga in China: fan organization, resistance against regulation, and cultural reproduction. Conference on the Age of Digital Convergence, Jun 12-13, The University of Hong Kong.

49. Chew MM (2009) A new party politics: the Chinese night-time economy and the state in the 2000s. Conference on China Studies: Past, Present, and Future, Hong Kong Baptist University, May 23.

50. Chew M (2008) Reading Hong Kong entertainments decline from the bottom-up. The First International Conference on Education and Popular Culture, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, Dec 11-13.

51. Chew M (2008) Virtual-world unrest and the gamer rights protection movement in China. The 6th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 13th -14.

52. Chew M and Fung AYH. (2007) Gamer rights protection and its predicaments in China: contested perspectives of gamers, game corporations, and the state on virtual property. The International Conference on Information Technology and Social Responsibility, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec 17.

53. Chew M (2007) Symbolic consumption of dress and new urban spaces of nightlife in contemporary China. Workshop on Bodies and Urban Spaces, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Mar 10.

54. Chew M (2007) Night-time consumption spaces and urban renewal: construction of the Baietan Bar-street in Fangcun, Guangzhou. The International Conference on Chinas Urban Land and Housing in the 21st Century, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Dec 14.

55. Chew M (2007) Laboring for the global virtual economy: virtual gold-farmers and cyber factories in China. The 9th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, City University of Hong Kong, Dec 8.

56. Chew M (2006) Stratification of hyrbid clubcultures across the border of Shenzhen and

Hong Kong. International Symposium on Contemporary Asian Modernities, Hong Kong Baptist University, Sep 9-10.

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57. Chew M (2005) Theory and methods for studying the formation of academic disciplines in modern China. Workshop on the Formation and development of academic disciplines in modern China, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, Dec 2-4.

58. Chew M (2004) Local clubbing and suppression of clubbing in contemporary China Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo.

59. Chew M (2003) Small fashion malls in Shanghai. Workshop on Asian Urbanism, Sophia University, Tokyo.

60. Chew M (2002) Characteristics of a local Chinese dance club culture: the musical aspect. Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo.

61. Chew M (2000) Fashion and globalization in China: revisiting the problematic of global cultural hierarchy. Triangle East Asian Colloquium, Duke University.

62. Chew M (1998) Constructing theory groups in the cultural periphery: the case of modern Chinese and Japanese philosophical schools. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

63. Chew M (1998) Genesis and characteristics of indigenous knowledge. International Conference on Restructuring the Knowledge Base of Education in Asia, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

64. Chew M (1996) Knowledge production in the cultural periphery. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York

65. Chew M (1992) Institutionalization and transformation of Japan studies in contemporary

China. Mellon Seminar on Comparative Sociology, Princeton University.

Keynote Speeches 1. Chew MM (2017) Cultural inequality: What is it and why is this term rarely discussed? International Workshop on Global South Perspectives, Hong Kong Baptist University, April 20th. F. Other outputs: 1. Chew MM ( (2018) Book review of Kevin Carrico's The Great Han (University of

California Press). The China Quarterly 236.

2. Chew MM (2018) Not marketization but neo-feudalization: A new ideology critique of neoliberalism. Sociological Forum. The University of Hong Kong, Feb 6.

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3. Chew MM (2017). Trilateral shop-floor games, consent, and resistance in service work in a dance club in Beijing. Work-in-Progress seminar, Sociology Department, Hong Kong Baptist University, Nov 3rd.

4. Chew MM (2010) Fashion and society in China in the 2000s: new developments and sociocultural complexities. Asian Profile 38(2): 125-139.

5. Chew MM (2008) The founding of universities in modern Japan and China: sponsorship patterns and their consequences. Asian Profile 36(4): 347-356.

6. Chew MM (2006) Policy implications of massively multiplayer online games for Hong Kong. Occasional Papers no. 176, October. Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies. (times cited in GS: 4)

7. Chew MM (2006) (in Chinese) <「本土─全球化」現象：文化邊緣地區創意工業之景

遇> . (Lobalization: interpreting the context of creative industries in the cultural periphery) Occasional Papers no. 165, February. Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies.

8. Sun LN and Chew MM. (2005) Retailer-supplier relationship in Hong Kong. in pp. 51-60,

Full Proceedings of the Third Asia-Pacific Retail Conference. OXIRM, Templeton College, Oxford University. (my contribution: 50%)

9. Chew MM (2005) Entries on Chinese fashion and nightlife in Edward L. Davis (ed.)

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. London; New York: Routledge Press. 10. Chew M (1996) Book review of Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives

of Modern China. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 25(6): 814-815. V. Scholarly/Creative/Artistic/Professional Activities A. Research grants received: Externally funded grants 1. Principal investigator, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (Special Round). (Policy

Innovation and Co-ordination Office, The Government of Hong Kong.) ‘Remapping Hong Kong's sociopolitical schism: A focus on local social media and comparisons with other social media-assisted large-scale movements’ (SR2020.A2.005). Amount granted: HKD 323,495. Duration of project: 17 Apr 2020 - 16 October 2020.

2. Principal investigator, General Research Fund. ‘Towards a Sociology of Nighttime: Impacts of the Nighttime Economy on Public Spaces, Sociopolitical Values, and Socioeconomic Stratification in China.’ (241813). Amount granted: HKD 220,200. Duration of project: 7/2013-6/2016.

3. (Principal) Co-investigator, Strategic Public Policy Grant (PI: Fung, Anthony Ying-him, CUHK).

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‘Mapping the Hong Kong Game Industries: Cultural Policy, Creative Cluster, and Asian Markets’ (4001-SPPR-09). Amount granted: HKD 3,500,000. Duration of project: 7/2010-6/2014.

4. Co-investigator, General Research Fund Grant (PI: Chu, Yiu Wai Stephen, HKBU). ‘A Study of Post-1997 Hong Kong Cantopop Lyrics’. Amount granted: HKD 334,000; Duration of project: 9/2008-9/2010.

5. Research and Travel Grant, Social Science Research Council, United States. Duration of project: 1998.

6. Japan Foundation Fellowship. Duration of project: 1993-4. Internally funded grants 1. (2019) PI, ‘A normative theorization of cyberbullying for interdisciplinary research and an

empirical analysis of how the cyberbullying concept is ideologically appropriated in Hong Kong.’ HKD 149,760, Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/17-18/044). Jun 1 2019 to Dec 31 2020.

2. (2017) PI, ‘Analysis of the ‘undemotic turn’ of celebrity-making in Hong Kong.’ HKD 99,900 Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/16-17/099).

3. (2016) PI, ‘Understanding crowdfunding through assessing the social and cultural

characteristics of crowdfunded video games.’ HKD 50,000, Faculty Research Grant I, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG1/15-16/055).

4. (2014- 2015): PI, ‘B-girls in China: Gender inequality, agency, and implications for hip hop

feminism.’ HKD 160,000, Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/14-15/071).

5. (2012): PI, ‘A sociological analysis of Hong Kong's secondary school uniforms and dress

codes’ HKD 100,000, Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/11-12/167).

6. (2009) PI, ‘“Free games” in China: Business model, design features, and social backlash.’

HKD 60,000, Faculty Research Grant I, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG1/09-10/003).

7. (2008-9) PI, ‘A new national dress for China? Cultural nationalism, social construction, and

contested meanings of the hanfu.’ HKD 119,990, Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG/08-09/II-43).

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8. (2008) PI, ‘Gold-farming in China: Cyber sweatshop labor and local ICT4D,’ HKD 50,000, Faculty Research Grant I, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG/08-09/I-16).

9. (2007) PI, ‘Consumption of counterfeit brandname fashion products in China,’ HKD 96,420,

Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG/06-07/II-42)

10. (2007) Co-I (PI: Kwok Bun Chan), ‘Hybrid Hong Kong,’ HKD 94,220, Faculty Research Grant II, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University.

11. (2007) Co-I (PI: Kwok Bun Chan), ‘Bringing life to sociology and bringing sociology to life:

Toward Indigenizing the Teaching of Introductory Sociology.’ Teaching Development Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University.

12. (2005) PI, Direct Research Grant, Chinese University of Hong Kong B. Scholarly/Creative/Artistic/Professional activities in progress 1. Research on rural migrant service workers, from sociology of work and sociology of

consumption perspectives 2. Research on the sociology of literature and storytelling, with empirical data on Chinese

fantasy web novels 3. Social theoretical research on neoliberalism 4. Social theoretical research on cultural inequality 5. Research on hip hop activism and feminism in Hong Kong and China 6. Research on sociology of Chinese nightlife and night-time economy 7. Research on gaming and society in China 8. Social theoretical research on cyberbullying and bullying 9. Research on sociology of cultural globalization C. Editorship 1. Guest Editorship Guest Editor: Special Issue of Chinese Sociology and Anthropology (2010) volume 42(2).

Chinese Nightlife and Night-Time Economies

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Co-Guest Editor: Special Issue of Third World Quarterly (2023). Decolonizing epistemology: Intellectual imperialism and the coloniality of knowledge.

2. Editorial committee membership of academic journals

a) Asian Social Science (2008-2010) b) International Journal of Business and Management (2008-2010)

c) International Joural of Sociology and Anthropology (2014-2017) d) Asian Culture and History (2014-present) e) Journal of the Korean Society for Computer Game (2020-) 3. Reviewer of the following academic journals and publishers: 2007-2018

New Media and Society The China Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Ethnography International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Social Transformation in Chinese Societies Chinese Sociological Review Current Sociology European Journal of Cultural Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Chinese Journal of Communication Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Journal of Contemporary Asia Asian Journal of Communication The Electronic Journal of Communication Journal of Urban Affairs Asian Culture and History Asian Social Science

2018-2019 International Journal of Business and Management Sociological Forum Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics The Sociological Review

2019-2020 The Journal of Popular Television Chinese Journal of Communication Feminist Media Studies International Sociology Global Media and China Internatiounal Sociology Sociological Forum Sociological Inquiry

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Social Transformation in Chinese Societies 2020-2021

Theory Culture & Society New Media and Society Sociological Inquiry Nations & Nationalism Social & Cultural Geogrpahy Cultural Trends The Economic and Labor Review International Journal of Communication Global Media and China

2021-2022 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs New Media and Society Chinese Journal of Communication

VI. Honours, Awards and Prizes 1. (1993) Marion Levy Jr. Award in Comparative Sociology, Princeton University. VII. Service A. Major academic responsibilities and administrative/committee assignments

1. (2011-present) Representative of China Studies Program

2. (2009-2014) Member of Faculty Information Technology Committee

3. (2011-2014) Scholarly Activities Committee

4. (2011-present) Coordinator of Distribution Requirements of Complementary Studies

Subject (Internal)

5. (2010-present) Member of Departmental Homepage Committee

6. (2011-present) Representative for Faculty Research Policy Advisory Committee

7. (2011-2014) Coordinator of Sociology Department Research Group in New Media, Creativity, and Culture

8. (2006-present) Member of the Admission Committee, Department of Sociology

9. (2006-2011) Member of the Student Affairs Committee, Department of Sociology

10. (2009-2011) Coordinator, China Studies Sociology Options, China Studies Program

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11. (2009-2011) Coordinator, Society and Culture Concentration, self-taught MA Program in China Studies

12. (2007 -2008) Coordinator, Committee on Master of EDUC/PGDE in Liberal Studies

13. (2006-present) Help supervise students activities at the Summer Sojourn Program of the Chinese Studies Program

14. (2009-2010) External examiner for a course offered by the SPACE of HKU

15. (2006-present, on rotation basis) Examination Peer Review Committee An organizer of the following academic conferences 1. (2021) A conference on Hong Kong Popular Culture: Imagining a Research Field. May 1-2

2. (2018) International Workshop: Global South Perspectives, Hong Kong Baptist University,

Apr 18-19.

3. (2017) An International Workshop: Global South Perspectives, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, April 20th.

4. (2014) Workshop on Culture and the Creative Industries in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Nov 22.

5. (2013) International Conference on New Directions in the Development of Creative and Media Industries, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 7-8th.

6. (2010) The 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 4.

7. (2009) Workshop on Hybrid Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Mar 4. An organizer of the following panel sessions in academic conferences 1. (2020) Panel on Theory from the Global South. IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Brazil, July 14-

18, 2020

2. (2020) Beyond race, gender, and class: Centering the North-South axis in analyses of inequality. American Sociological Association 115th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 8th – 11th.

3. (2013) Panel on ‘Sociology of Chinese and Hong Kong Pop Culture.’ The 15th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 6-7.

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4. (2020) Session on ‘Beyond Race, Gender, and Class: Centering the North-South Axis in

Analyses of Inequality.’ Section on Race, Gender, and Class. 115th ASA Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting

B. Community activities of a professional nature 1. (2010 - 2015) Coordinating a project for HKBU scholars and graduate students to write on contemporary Chinese affairs in Wenhui Bao (文汇报) 2. (2009 - 2011) Regularly publish social commentaries in Nanfang Zhoukan (南方周刊), a major social magazine in China 3. (2009) Public talk on ‘Hong Kong’s school uniforms: a cultural sociological analysis,’ organized by Hong Kong Sociological Association. C. Consultancy work and contributions in a professional capacity to the local and/or international community and service organizations 1. (2015-2018) Helping the grassroot NGO ‘Miss Alpha’ to design and run education programs

and one-day events that inform young women about hip hop feminism 2. (2009-10) Strategic Consultant, Murine Tsui Modelling Agency, Hong Kong

3. (2007-8) Programme Consultant, PopTV Corporation, Beijing 4. (2008) Helping Hong Kong Parents Association with survey design and data analysis on a

survey on youths and the internet. 5. (2006) Research on water pollution and the water industry, Dunwell Enviro-tech, Hong

Kong