Topic list for research on themes of social interest in contemporary Chinese culture

The list contains names and titles of works in contemporary Chinese literature, film, theatre and visual arts (mostly from 2012 and later), analysed across 5 topics:

TOPIC 1: Party – society relations, social contract

TOPIC 2: Conceptions of an ideal society

TOPIC 3: Aspirations of youth/middle class

TOPIC 4: Social movements/trends

TOPIC 5: Social issues/problems

The list is the dataset used in research on Chinese contemporary culture as part of WP2 "Society and Culture" of the China Horizons - Dealing with a Resurgent China (DWARC), Horizon Europe research grant number 101061700.