Jeroen de Kloet is assistant professor at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Yiu Fai Chow is Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Crea-tive Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University. His current projects concern creative labour, creative practices and single women. Chow is also an award-winning creative writer in lyrics and prose. Lena Scheen is Assistant Professor of Global China Studies at NYU Shanghai. Scheen's research explores the social and cultural impact of China's fast urbanisation, focusing on Shanghai and storytelling. Her publications include the monograph *Shanghai Literary Imaginings: A City in Transformation* (AUP, 2015) and the edited volume, together with Jeroen de Kloet, *Spectacle and the City: Chinese Urbanities in Popular Art and Culture* (AUP, 2013).