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December 27, 2022 • By Aynne Kokas
Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World’s Largest Movie Market
Ying Zhu
Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee
Daryl Joji Maeda
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Aynne Kokas
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Possibly Related Characters: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes”
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The Bargaining Chips Are … Chips: On Chris Miller’s “Chip War”
Historian of technology Patrick McCray describes Chris Miller’s “Chip War” as “an account of how chips became a strategically vital resource whose importance is overlooked at our peril.” Miller has placed his own chips on this point. His bet has largely paid off, according to McCray….
Silver Screen Diplomacy: On Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma’s “China’s Millennial Digital Generation”
Susan Blumberg-Kason puts into conversation two books about the intertwined US-Chinese film industries, Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma’s “China’s Millennial Digital Generation.”…
The Land Is a Body
Yangyang Cheng reviews Ruth Rogaski’s “Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland” and Victor Seow’s “Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia.”…
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