Within the confines of the issues below, share your thoughts on colonialism and trans-nationalism. No less than 500 words.
- The two Hong Kong films, by Wayne Wang and Peter Chan, extend Chinese-ness beyond Mainland China. In what ways do the stories add new dimensions or missing pieces to the mosaic of Chinese identity?
- In what ways does Hong Kong of the 1980s and 90s complicate the romance that Peter Chan creates between Li Qiao and Li Xiaojun? What parts of their diasporic experience in HK and in the US challenge their self-identity but also expand their cultural horizon as Chinese nationals?
- In what respects does the presence of white people in Chinese Box constitute cultural, racial, or even political frontiers that the native Chinese are yet to cross? In what scenes does Wayne Wang present cultural identity as fluid and difficult to form, or concrete and well-defined?