A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads
Painter Pan Dehai talks with TWOC about the ’85 New Wave movement and the reception of his cute but satiric political works
Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge” portrays how China’s rise reshaped the reality of the people living just across the river
Taiwanese ghost story “Whisper” rummages through the island’s past and present for a local spin on horror, but fails to lend luster to worn-out tropes
Gong Li’s yarn of empowered female espionage in war-torn Shanghai aimed big at the Chinese box office, but confuses complexity for entertainment
Entrepreneur Kai-Fu Lee and sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan weave fiction and technical explanation to illustrate the opportunities and pitfalls of artific…
How the memoirs of a Chinese American author, haunted by her parents, can help us relate to our own families
Yu Xiuhua’s “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm” is a celebration of the power of straight-talking
Fan explores the enduring trauma for parents who lost children in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, and their attempts to rebuild their families
A director explores the exploitative nature of documentary filmmaking in his latest work about childhood trauma
Contemporary art battles to find a place to grow in the face of regulations and rising property prices
Yang Ping's sci-fi story explores the darker side of humanity's space ambitions
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