The Politics of Fictional Medicine. Entertainment, Propaganda, and Education in Chinese Medical Dramas in the Xi Era

Natalia Riva teaches Chinese language and culture. She holds a PhD in History, Institutions, and International Relations of Modern and Contemporary Asia and Africa (University of Cagliari). She has lectured in Chinese language and culture and history of contemporary China at several Italian universities. From 2020 to 2022, she was a postdoc researcher at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan). Her studies focus on China’s cultural strategies, soft power, and discursive practices of contemporary China’s political and media discourses. She also carries out Chinese-Italian translation work.

Matteo Tarantino is assistant professor at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, where he lectures on the sociology of digital technologies. His research interests focus on the intersection between data, society, and culture. Among his most recent publications are: “Navigating the Green Data-scape: Some Challenges in Automating Environmental Data Procurement for Disclosure Efforts in China” (2019), “Uncertainty in the Air: Communicating Urban Air Pollution” (2019), and Il tecno dragone. L’immaginario tecnologico cinese ieri, oggi e domani (2020).