In China, “IP” is overused but underexamined. In our new paper, Peiyu Zhou and I explore IP as accumulated affect, governed through a Networked IP Polity. “Building the Relay” is open access:
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Building the Relay: Gates, Labor, and IP Governance in China’s Transmedia Platform Economy - June Wang, Peiyu Zhou, 2026
This paper proposes a deep interface framework to analyze how transmedia IP circulation is organized, governed, and made to extract value in China’s platform ec...