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Article: The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity.(Review)
- Article from:
- Asian Theatre Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2001
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THE CINEMA OF HONG KONG: HISTORY, ARTS, IDENTITY. Edited by Poshek Fu and David Desser. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xi + 333 pp. Hardcover $64.95
On 1 July 1997, to the accompaniment of thunderstorms and heavy rain, Hong Kong was undergoing a transformation from being a British colony for 156 years to becoming a new Chinese laboratory for experimenting with Deng Xiaoping's concept of "one country, two systems." This event drew newshounds to the island from all over the world. Ever since, a profound and vigilant international gaze has been focused on Hong Kong. This gaze has been partly responsible for a reinvestigation and reexamination of Hong ...