Dear All, We are pleased to announce that our journal Global Media and China has just published its latest issue (Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2023). And also we sincerely welcome your contribution to our journals. If you are interested and have the time, it is a great honour for us to receive your submission. Here is the submission portal:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac. For more information about Global Media and China, please go to gch.sagepub.com <http://gch.sagepub.com/>, you can also find detailed submission guidelines there. You can freely read this new issue at: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/GCH/current (Follow us at Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCHjournal) Special Section: Platform governance: Sovereignty and the return of governance for digital platforms Guest Editors: Terry Flew, Chunmeizi Su Introduction Introduction: Sovereignty and the return of governance for digital platforms Terry Flew, Chunmeizi Su https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231161658open_in_new Special Issue Articles The weaponization of private corporate infrastructure: Internet fragmentation and coercive diplomacy in the 21st century Juan Ortiz Freuler https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364221139729 EU digital economy competition policy: From ex-post to ex-ante. The case of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Meta Nicholas Nicoli, Petros Iosifidis https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231152673 The role of citizens in platform governance: A case study on public consultations regarding online content regulation in the European Union Charis Papaevangelou https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364221150142 Data sovereignty and platform neutrality – A comparative study on TikTok’s data policy Chunmeizi Su, Wenjia Tang https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231154340 Strategic stories: weaponized or worldmaking? John Hartley https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231153200 Original Article Unboxing the Chinese Blind Boxes among China’s grown-up missing children: Probabilistic and elastic prosumption through mediated collection, exchange and resale of figurines Thomas William Whyke, Zhen Troy Chen, Joaquin Lopez-Mugica, Aiqing Wang https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364221140812 Book Reviews Book review: Mapping digital game culture in China: From internet addicts to esports athletes Wenbin Jia https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364221145999 Book review: Creative industries and digital transformation in China Xinyi Zhu https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364221148358 Dr HAN Xiao Research Associate, Social Media Centre, Communication University of China (CUC) Managing Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch