Author Archives: Rujie Wang

directed by Peter Chan,  Hong Kong 1996  中文分析 Li, Xiao-jun 黎小军, in his 20s, arrives at Hong Kong (HK) in search of a better life with thousands of other “mainlanders” who take advantage of China’s open-door policy in the 1980s; … Continue reading →

City of Life and Death , directed by Lu Chuan, 2009, China Lu Jianxiong 陆剑雄, A military commander in the Nationalist Army who, during the Nanjing massacre in 1938, is killed along with close to three hundred thousand Chinese slaughtered by … Continue reading →

Chinese Box, directed by Wayne Wang, 1997 Hong Kong John (played by Jeremy Iron), a British journalist with years of experience reporting Hong Kong’s politics, economy and people’s personal lives; consumed by his passion for truth, he is unaware that … Continue reading →

Blind Shaft, directed by Li Yang, 2003, China Yuan Fengming, a 16 year-old boy and a high school student living in China’s rural area, with father always away as a coal miner to support the family; in order to alleviate … Continue reading →

Aftershock, directed by Feng Xiaogang, 2010, China a film adaptation of the novel by Chinese Canadian author Zhang Ling, 2006 Fang Daqiang 方大强 A truck driver working for a state-owned factory; he used to serve in the People’s Liberation Army … Continue reading →

Chinese 223, Fall 2013, Kauke 244, TR 2:30-3:50 Wednesday and Sunday 7-9 pm for screening Schedules for CSI Summer 2013 By 2050, it is expected that about 400 new cities will have emerged in China with population over one million. … Continue reading →