What are the politics that undergird Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Assassin", which has been much fêted on the film festival circuit? Are they ultimately the politics of Taiwan's pro-unification Left?...
The transformation of Chinese landscape painting should not only can be seen as a history of incorporation with Western style, but also should be regarded as the psychological molding process of building a culture’s subjectivity, in which artists contribute to the construction of national nostalgia and a literature of tragedy....
Since the Chinese economic miracle, the Taiwanese film industry has been awash with Chinese money. Does beneath this lurk the specter of Chinese attempts to influence Taiwan through soft power?...
