Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong

Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong is associate professor of Communications at the College of Staten Island. She has worked extensively on cinema practices in Hong Kong, grassroots media in the U.S. and film festivals worldwide. A co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture, she has recently completed a book on Global Hong Kong that will be published by Routledge in 2005.

Hong Kong Cinema

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In the past decade, many Americans, whether or not they share a Chinese heritage, have become used to Hong Kong films, stars, directors and even choreography in the mainstream multiplex. Yet, this newfound globalization, whether embodied in Jackie Chan blockbusters, Wong Kar-Wai success in art cinema, or pirate VCDs, is also a phase in a … Read more