Materializing the virtual? Post-digital intimacy and women players of otome video games in China

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Journal of Consumer Culture, OnlineFirst, 2026, p. 23

‘Banning sissy idols to clean up the entertainment industry’: Queer practices of shipping BTS in Mainland China

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Zishan Lai, Michelle H. S. Ho

East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 10(Issue Queering the Korean Wave), 2024, pp. 205-223

Eroticism and design workshops in game interfaces: Exploring a mobile Otome game for Chinese women

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Tingting Liu, Zishan Lai

Games and Culture, Online First, 2024, pp. 1-21

“Protecting our female gaze rights”: Chinese female gamers’ and game producers’ negotiations with government restrictions on erotic material

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Games and Culture, vol. 19(1), 2024, pp. 3-23

From non-player characters to othered participants: Chinese women's gaming experience in the ‘free’ digital market

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Information, Communication & Society, vol. 25(3), 2022, pp. 376-394