This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as ... Hidden Dragon (2000).

Chen Pingyuan is one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese literature, known particularly for his work on wuxia, a popular and influential genre of historical martial arts fiction still celebrated ...

The New York-born, Beijing-based 63-year-old, who is fluent in Mandarin, recently published a book, in both English and ...

From epic martial arts battles to intricate military ... readers who may not know much about Chinese history with an appendix at the end of each book. “There are explanations about certain ...