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Xiao Ying

Sun Xudong, Xiao Ying

Lions Gate/Live Home Video, 1993

A Fantastic, illuminating read
Sometimes travel books can come across as "looking down" on the locals for their backwards and silly ways. This book shines in quite the opposite direction. Mark Salzman does an admirable job of telling about the challenges of his years in China in the 1980s, when ...

Pavilion of Women

Willem Dafoe, Yan Luo

Modern view of oppressive traditional Chinese way of life
I remember reading Pearl Buck's "Pavilion of Women" as a child and loving it. I've forgotten the details of the plot long ago. But I do remember it was about Madame Wu, a wealthy Chinese woman who, on her 40th birthday, decided to stop marital relations with her ...

Unknown Pleasures (Sub)

Ren Ai Jun, Ru Bai

New Yorker Video, 2004

a classic.the pleasures it brings should not be unknown
for those who are not familiar with chinese films AND china's reality, it is easy AND WRONG to regard crouching tigers, hidden dragon, flying daggers, and hero as "good" or "representitive" of china's film industry. in fact, they received largely mockery besides ...

Pavilion of Women

Willem Dafoe, Yan Luo

Universal Studios, 2002

Modern view of oppressive traditional Chinese way of life
I remember reading Pearl Buck's "Pavilion of Women" as a child and loving it. I've forgotten the details of the plot long ago. But I do remember it was about Madame Wu, a wealthy Chinese woman who, on her 40th birthday, decided to stop marital relations with her ...