Panel 4: 9:00am-12:10pm, March 9 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation in Socialist China, chaired by Stephi Hemelryk Donald, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia 

“Toy Country: Playful Innovation in Socialist Chinese Puppet Animation,” Linda C. Zhang , University of California-Berkeley, USA

“Sonic ‘National Style’ in Socialist Chinese Animation Films,” Ling Zhang , State University of New York Purchase College, USA

“Animated Soundscape: Wu Yingju’s Music in Meishu Films in Socialist China from 1957 to 1965,” Yunwen Gao , Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

“Receiving the Classics,” Sean Macdonald , State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

“From Ink to Animation: Tang Cheng’s Artistic Road,” Zeyu Yang , Qingdao Agricultural University, PRC