Ang Lee – Exploration of Hidden Emotion
Introduction Ang Lee is a world-renowned Taiwanese filmmaker and director. Lee is not only the sole director to have won two Golden Bears in the history of the Berlin Film Continue Reading →
Contemporary Chinese Performance Culture
Student Research Projects at the University of Michigan
Introduction Ang Lee is a world-renowned Taiwanese filmmaker and director. Lee is not only the sole director to have won two Golden Bears in the history of the Berlin Film Continue Reading →
Petitioning the government is common enough in every country. It doesn’t necessarily result in death–except, of course, in China. Luxun, 1926 Historically, Tiananmen Square has been the cultural center of Continue Reading →
By: Lena Benjakul Introduction: Chris Lee 李宇春 Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) was born in Mainland China in Chengdu, Sichuan province. She rose to fame by winning the Chinese singing Continue Reading →
Artist Biography Sun Ying, born in 1929 and recently passed, was a young adult when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established. He existed at the forefront of new Continue Reading →
Today, the Shanghai Acrobatics Show is a tourist destination. An acrobatic show that relies on skill of the performers and the highly advanced technology to go with it, it entertains Continue Reading →
Final Project Proposal – Houston Scott (史休思) Topic: Uyghur Dance Facing Chinese Re-Education Introduction: Occupying the remote tundras and plateaus of northwestern China, resides a small ethnic Muslim minority population Continue Reading →
In the class, we learned about the embryonic stage of Chinese rock through the example of Cui Jian (崔健). So, after Cui Jian, how dose Chinese rock develop? A large Continue Reading →
Han Hong, a mixed Han and Tibetan Chinese singer, is one of the most renowned female artists in China, winning multiple “Best Female Artist” awards throughout her career. Not only Continue Reading →
The term Sinophone is a relatively new paradigm of the four major critical ones in identifying Chinese films. It was a result of multiple disagreements to how people should define Continue Reading →
For decades, Hollywood movies have dominated the film industries worldwide. Blockbuster movies produced by the western movie makers seem to surpass the cultural barriers and appeal to various groups of Continue Reading →