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An Analysis of the Global Distribution and Commercial Performance of Chinese Cinema in 2023 (2024)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (in press). An Analysis of the Global Distribution and Commercial Performance of Chinese Cinema in 2023. In Innovation through Convergence: Technology, Art, and Commerce in the Global Film Industry. Routledge

This article analyses the challenges and opportunities faced by Chinese films in the overseas market in 2023, demonstrating the current development status and prospects of the Chinese film industry on the international stage. The article highlights t... Read More about An Analysis of the Global Distribution and Commercial Performance of Chinese Cinema in 2023.

Report on the International Communication and Market Performance of Chinese Films in 2023 (2024)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2024). Report on the International Communication and Market Performance of Chinese Films in 2023. In J. Mengyu, N. Xingzhen, & Z. Zenghan (Eds.), 全球电影产业发展报告 (2024) / Annual Report on Development of Global Film Industry (2024) (63-89). Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

This report analyses the challenges and opportunities faced by Chinese cinema in overseas markets during 2023, presenting the current development and future prospects of China’s film industry on the international stage, and offering recommendations f... Read More about Report on the International Communication and Market Performance of Chinese Films in 2023.

A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk (2024)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2024). A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk. In The Asian Family in Literature and Film (149-167). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2500-7_7

This chapter conducts a case study on Ang Lee’s internationally acclaimed academy award winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his Hollywood blockbuster Hulk, and investigates the ways that his transnational/global filmmaking intersects with Chin... Read More about A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk.

The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (2023)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2023). The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In Q. Li, D. Wilson, & Y. Guan (Eds.), The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption (114-122). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345251

In the wake of the pandemic, the traditional mode of theatrical release has been disrupted, and Hollywood has had to shift its focus to alternative methods of distribution, such as releasing films on streaming platforms. This shift has been necessita... Read More about The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Challenges to the Traditional Distribution Model of Hollywood Blockbusters in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020年好莱坞大片的传统发行模式在新冠肺炎疫情中面临的挑战) (2021)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2021). Challenges to the Traditional Distribution Model of Hollywood Blockbusters in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020年好莱坞大片的传统发行模式在新冠肺炎疫情中面临的挑战). In Global Film Industry Development Report (2021) (249-256). (2021 edn.). Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

Beginning in early 2020, the global outbreak of COVID-19 dealt a severe blow to the worldwide film industry. Hollywood, as the centre of the global film industry, experienced unprecedented disruption: film productions were halted, and widespread cine... Read More about Challenges to the Traditional Distribution Model of Hollywood Blockbusters in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020年好莱坞大片的传统发行模式在新冠肺炎疫情中面临的挑战).

Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context (2021)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2021). Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context. In S. P. Gabriel, & B. Wilson (Eds.), . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105367

Zhang Yimou, one of the most successful of Chinese auteur directors, has been criticized for his Orientalist tendencies, specifically for the exotic atmosphere that turns his films into Oriental spectacles for Western consumption. Yet criticizing Zha... Read More about Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context.

Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood (2019)
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019). Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (21-39). Maison des sciences de l’Homme

This article takes perhaps the most successful film- maker of Chinese origin, Ang Lee, out of his Taiwanese context of discussion and investigates the ways that his transnational/global filmmaking intersects with Chinese cult... Read More about Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood.

‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema (2019)
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019). ‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (99-119). Maison des sciences de l’Homme

Hollywood and non-Hollywood national cinemas both seek to depict “universal” meanings to ensure better global distribution and reception. “The national” in national cinema is also in a state of hybridity (Bhabha 2004). “The national” bec... Read More about ‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema.