Tang Yonghua
Professor, East China Normal UniversityTang Yonghua is a professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at East China Normal University. His main research areas are aesthetics and literary theory, as well as literary criticism. He is the chief editor of Zhongwenzixiu (《中文自修》), and is a member of the Chinese Association for Theory of Literary and Art (中国文艺理论学会), Chinese Academy of US Studies (中华美学学会) and the Academy of Chinese Culture (中国文化书院). Tang has published more than 100 articles in publications such as Social Sciences in China, Literary Review and Literature and Art Studies.
Articles by Tang Yonghua
Society
‘Brainless’ but satisfying: How Chinese micro-dramas are taking over our screens
The ubiquity of mobile phones has driven the rapid growth of Chinese micro-dramas, with a diverse audience that spans even to the US. Chinese academic Tang Yonghua takes a look at why people are paying for cheesy plots and dated values in these “brainless” yet satisfying escapes from reality.
Tang Yonghua
19 Sep 2025