This edited volume is first of its kind to document and critically analyse the changes took place snice Chinaâs opening-up and reform and its impact on Dongbei, Chinaâs North-East region, known for its remote and vast landscape, unique and othered culture, rich resources, mighty infrastructures and industries, geopolitical significance. Through presenting up-to-date and multidimensional case studies, the book covers three major aspects of Dongbei, which put people at the heart of our scholarly focus, namely peopleâs mediated life through traditional and new media; peopleâs social, cultural, and living spaces; artistic and fictional representations of peopleâs everyday life.