lots of readings every week and you might be learning more about Chinese politics than you would initially expect. covers different topics weekly like animations/music, commercial movies, leisure and consumerism and reality tv/drama. assignments include rhetorical analysis on a Chinese pop culture artifact (ie. a tv show episode), a UBC wiki group project and a final critical research paper or choice of doing a creative alternative (ie. a video essay). prof is super nice + easy to talk to, adjusted the amount of readings and leniency to weekly activities after feedback. i got a good mark (class avg was 78) because i was very interested in the material, but tagged medium difficulty because u must invest time to do the readings and complete micro lectures/weekly study journals etc.

be prepared for all the readings and taking notes on the lectures to be able to thrive in this class!