This book explores the ambivalent relationship between China and the Global South from literary, media and cultural perspectives. It underlines the rich histories and complex processes of cultural exchange, cross-cultural communication, and transcultural understanding at the backdrop of strong political and economic forces.

Hongwei Bao is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism, Queer Media in China, and Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance, also published by Routledge. He coedits Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality.

Daniel H. Mutibwa is currently Associate Professor of Creative Industries and Digital Culture in the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. Daniel researches and teaches in the areas of media and communication, creative industries, digital economy, the arts and heritage, and cultural transformations in place-based communities.

Introduction: Entangled Histories and Ambivalent Feelings in Africa-China Relations Part I. Africa-China Representations in Artistic and Literary Works 1. Malema Mirrors Mao, Fanon Faces Dao: Reimagining Afro-Asian Solidarities Through the Activation of Revolutionary Portraits 2. An Eastern Gaze: 'African Art' from a Chinese Perspective 3. Yvonne Owuor's The Dragonfly Sea: Against the Instrumentalisation of History in the Sino-African Indian Ocean World 4. Reading Yvonne Owuor's Political and Ecocritical Projects through Sino-African Relations in The Dragonfly Sea : Chinese Culture 'Going Global' through English-translated Chinese Literature Part II. Africa-China Encounters, Experiences and Interactions in Technologically Mediated Environments 6. Digital Economy Industries, the Logic of Globalisation, and the Engineered and Entangled Cultures of Production and Consumption Behind the China-Africa Nexus 7. Global South Ally and Leader: China's Image Building in Africa through the Development Assistance Projects of Pay-TV Company StarTimes 8. #ChinaMustExplain: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Stigmatisation of Africans in China 9. Rethinking China's Engagement with the Global South through 'Racial' Lenses 10. Assembling the Queer Global South: Asian Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance and Regional Collaboration 11. The Queer Global South: Transnational Video Activism Between China and Africa