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Tag: Zhang Yimou

Posted inEntertainment

What Chinese and Asian soft power teaches the West

by Andrew Salmon November 7, 2020November 10, 2020

While the content exports of pop culture powerhouse Japan and rising star South Japan surge across the region and the world, China – a demographic, industrial and technological colossus – is punching well below its weight. Why is the hard power giant so apparently weak at soft power projection? While traditional Sinic culture – cuisine, […]

Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Asian film: From Fu Manchu to Bong Joon-ho

by Andrew Salmon January 26, 2020February 18, 2020
The casting of Matt Damon as the star in Zhang Yimou's latest China-based epic drew criticism over Hollywood's "whitewashing" of history. Image: Universal Pictures.
Posted inChina, European Union, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

The Great Wall fails to bring down the barriers in lackluster Chinese-US epic

by Joyleen Christensen February 22, 2017February 18, 2020
A shot from See You Tomorrow.
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Zhang Jiajia debut See You Tomorrow topples The Great Wall

by Russell Edwards December 27, 2016February 18, 2020
Akihiko Shiota's Wet Women in the Wind
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

An industry in rude health – a review of Asian film in 2016

by Mathew Scott December 27, 2016February 18, 2020
Matt Damon in The Great Wall ... a much earlier and ultimately futile and costly protectionist measure.
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, World

The Great Wall unassailable in its first week in China

by Russell Edwards December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

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