The Rise and Fall Chinese Live stream Platforms Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Date The Rise and Fall Chinese Livestream Platforms Cunningham, S., Craig, D., & Lv, J. (2019). China’s livestreaming industry: platforms, politics, and precarity. International Journal Of Cultural Studies, 22(6), 719-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919834942 Cunningham, Craig, & Lv (2019) examines the conditions that led to the development of live-streaming platforms in China. The article notes that digitization in china is one of the reasons that provided a conducive environment for it to thrive. Nevertheless, the increased tensions between Chinese culture, politics, and economic ambitions have limited its growth in the recent past. Cunningham, Craig, & Lv argue that the commercialization of live streaming