Prof. Lim Song Hwee has been invited by the Centre for China Studies to give a talk ‘Desiring Taiwan: “Little Freshness” as Soft Power’ at CUHK on 17 March 2016. Prof. Lim will explore a cultural term, “little freshness” (小清新), that has been coined to describe a variety of cultural products and phenomena, mostly emanating from Taiwan but circulating across the Taiwan Strait to the People’s Republic of China as well as Hong Kong.  He will also demonstrate how a popular imagination about Taiwan functions as a form of soft power in the region, making Taiwan a desirable destination for both tourism and migration. For details, please visit http://www5.cuhk.edu.hk/ccs/index.php/events/icalrepeat.detail/2016/03/17/983/9/ccs-visiting-speaker-series-desiring-taiwan-little-freshness-as-soft-power