“Lianhua Symphony” – a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company.

Based on an episode in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and starred Tan Xinpei. The film consisted of a recording of a Beijing opera performance of the Battle of Mount ...

Adapted from the earlier film of the same title, The Red Detachment of Women is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during ...

Throughout Maoist China's turbulent history, the artist Mu Xin sacrificed everything to create his art. While illegally imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, he risked his life writing and ...

Madam Five and carpenter Kong work together managing a famous whorehouse. Kong’s apprentice Yat fails to get along with Ching due to a misunderstanding between them. Luckily, the appearance of a ...

The story takes place in Hong Kong in 1962. Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung), a journalist, rents a room in an apartment of a building on the same day as Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), a secretary from a ...

T.A. Morton discusses myth, Taoism, and anonymity in her novel The Coffee Shop Masquerade, set in contemporary Hong Kong.

The Coffee Shop Masquerade connects Taoist ideas with urban displacement T.A. Morton is an Irish-Australian writer with a background in journalism and editing in Hong … ...

Chinese book library: Chinese novels, Chinese poetry, Chinese essays, Chinese history, Chinese art. The “China Book Library” category on the China Underground website serves as a comprehensive archive ...

Emily Cheng is an artist, professor and curator, born in New York City. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and attended the New York Studio School. Her renowned artworks are large ...

Contemporary art in China: essays, the best Chinese artists, interviews, curricula, best works. Welcome to the captivating world of “Art in China,” where creativity and cultural heritage come together ...

Bonan Li is an independent fashion designer, who pursued education at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and furthered fashion studies at Parsons The New School. She has a variety of ...