With superb acting and a stirring depiction of 1980’s Taiwan, “Old Fox” explores socioeconomic inequality through the lens of a child Read More
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Several viral tweets on Twitter in past months reflect how western leftists seem unable to perceive the world outside of western contexts except in terms more familiar to their own, as well as how they seem unable to reckon with the passage of history in Asian political contexts Read More
A recent article by MintPress proves a bizarre attempt to frame the Taiwanese government as actively contributing to the political persecution of Chinese Americans in the US. The article purports to be based on wires that MintPress claims to have obtained Read More
Madalena, a Hong Kong-Macau co-production, is a romance between two working-class immigrants to Macau from China. Ultimately, the film provides an effective, if dramatized, look at the lives of the working class as they eke out a bare existence in the shadows of the mega-casinos that Macau is best known for Read More
Edward Yang’s classic, A Brighter Summer Day, is a film split by its focus on the family and friendship bonds surrounding Si’r, the main character. Though supporting a boisterous cast with characters of all backgrounds, from a displaced family after the Chinese Civil War to friends and foe of notorious street gangs, his bond with his second sister stands apart as the only one where he is able to find a shared understanding of each other Read More