Panel 13: 9:00am-11:40am, April 26 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Animation and Cartoon in China, chaired by Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia, Canada     

“The Twinning of Chinese Animation and Cartooning,” John A. Lent , Temple University, USA

“Hua Junwu’s Cartoons and the Unmaking of National-Style Animation,” Muyang Zhuang , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Bugman: Scientific Fairy Tales and the Enemy Within,” Nick Stember , University of Cambridge, UK 

“From the ‘Golden Era’ to the ‘Horse Racing Book’ Crisis: The Transformation of the Comic Publishing Industry in the Early PRC (1949-1956),” Rebecca Scott , King’s College London, UK

“Exploring Lianhuanhua: A Look into the Imagined Community of China’s Palm-Sized Comic Books,” Stephanie Jones , University of San Francisco, USA