Japanese Occupation, Shanghai Exiles, and Postwar Hong Kong Cinema

Autor:	Poshek Fu
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	business.industry History of China Geography Planning and Development Victory Context (language use) Development Film industry Spanish Civil War Political science Political Science and International Relations Economic history Surrender China business Communism
Zdroj:	The China Quarterly. 194:380-394
ISSN:	1468-2648 0305-7410
DOI:	10.1017/s030574100800043x
Popis:	This article explores a little-explored subject in a critical period of the history of Hong Kong and China. Shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945, China was in the throes of civil war between the Nationalists and Communists while British colonial rule was restored in Hong Kong, The communist victory in 1949 deepened the Cold War in Asia. In this chaotic and highly volatile context, the flows and linkages between Shanghai and Hong Kong intensified as many Chinese sought refuge in the British colony. This Shanghai–Hong Kong nexus played a significant role in the rebuilding of the post-war Hong Kong film industry and paved the way for its transformation into the capital of a global pan-Chinese cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on a study of the cultural, political and business history of post-war Hong Kong cinema, this article aims to open up new avenues to understand 20th-century Chinese history and culture through the translocal and regional perspective of the Shanghai–Hong Kong nexus.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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