Notes on Translation vii

Foreword ix

HaungFu YiChuan

Chapter 1: The Culture and Aesthetics of Huo JianQi’s Films 1

Zhang BinNing

Chapter 2: 12 Citizens: Twelve Chinese People, 1.2 Billion Voices: Successful

Localization and Practical Application 19

Zhang JingYu

Chapter 3: Intellectual Property Rights Transfers in a Borderless Era 29

Ding YaPing

Chapter 4: The Materialist View: Quality Editing Requires Editorial Integrity 45

Liao Ching-Sung and Han JiaZheng

Chapter 5: The Most Important Aspect of Film-Making is ‘Discovery’:

A Conversation with Director Jia ZhangKe 65

Jia ZhangKe and Yang YuanYing

Chapter 6: Film Culture Development in the Wake of New China’s ‘Pretonpian

Society’: The ‘Netopia’ of Chinese Auteurs Constitutes a ‘New Force’

in the Industry 93

Yin Hong

Chapter 7: Spiritual and Physical Manifestations and Cultural Signifiers of

Trauma in Chinese Anti-Japanese War Films 109

Li DaoXin

Notes on Contributors 125

Contemporary Cinema Editorial Board 127

Notes on Intellect China Library Series 129