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...last week, three of the PEN attendees were detained by Beijing police, including the branch's two founders: Yu Jie, a prolific essayist and frequent critic of Chinese political culture, and social commentator Liu Xiaobo. The police questioned the three about their writings and copied material from their computers. Yu's wife Liu Min says police told her that her husband was suspected of "endangering state security," and that she should "tell her old man to quit writing." All three men were later released, but as of Thursday night, Yu said police were still stationed outside his door and following...
...this context, remaking Asian films is nothing more than cultural imperialism, an effort to insulate America from representations of Asia. In a 1997 article in Slate, Eric Liu writes optimistically about the “Asianization of American culture,” the possibility for merging East and West. Today’s bubble tea-drinking, karaoke-singing hipster could be tomorrow’s cultural acceptance and integration. But how much effect can Asian culture have in America if its Asian origins are denied? Apparently, pop culture has since figured out the solution to the Yellow Peril: Just whitewash...
...fact, the current American exposure to Asian actors consists of Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan and maybe Zhang Ziyi. In the 21st century, the face of modern Asia is the Exotic Trophy Girlfriend, the China Doll and Funny Asian Dude With Bad English Who Does Kung Fu. We’ve sure come a long way from the days of Fu Manchu and Suzie Wong...
...Chang C. Liu...
...Chang C. Liu...