China Film as soft power and hard currency: The Sino-Hollywood courtship July 5, 2017 0 Written by Ying Zhu. Hollywood dominated Chinese film market during China’s Republican era (1912-1949), with its share in profits ranging from 30% to 70% of…
China International Co-production of Chinese Documentary Development July 5, 2017 0 Written by Ming Yu. In the past few years, China's growth has attracted global attention and international co-production of Chinese documentaries have increased in the…
China Chinese Youth in Chinese Film July 4, 2017 1 Written by Xuelin Zhou. Film reflects and helps to re-shape society. During the revolutionary years from 1950s to 1970s, Chinese “youth” films were made by…
China China’s Cultural Reverse Course: From Independence to Patronage in Unofficial Media Production July 3, 2017 0 Written by Matthew D. Johnson. It has become obvious to many that China is undergoing a reverse course away from cultural openness and toward ideological…
China The Death of Chinese Independent Cinema? July 3, 2017 2 Written by Chris Berry. Is independent cinema in China dead? Chinese indies have been in a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities since their beginnings in…
China Introduction to Special Issue on Film in China July 3, 2017 0 Written by Martin Thorley. This week we invite seven academics to discuss film in China. In many ways the subject embodies some of the contradictions…
Culture and Society Johnnie To, Hong Kong cinema and the mainland September 7, 2016 0 Written by Yiu-wai Chu. Billed as the film to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong production company Milkyway Image, action film Three (2016) marks the…
China Recent Trends in the Distribution and Exhibition of Chinese Language Films in the UK Cinema Market August 31, 2016 1 Written by Fraser Elliott and Andy Willis. Until recently, the distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the UK had followed a familiar pattern…
China China’s film industry: Blocked by its own Great Wall August 30, 2016 0 Written by Leung Wing-Fai. Commenting on the increasingly tight connections between China and Hollywood, Stanley Rosen observed that this was a "win-win" situation; China has…
China China’s Ethnic Minority Language Film August 26, 2016 0 Written by Kwai-Cheung Lo. The emphasis on common linguistic expression in the films of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been intimately tied to…