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Su has given us an important book on an understudied topic, albeit one that has finally begun to attract the attention it deserves. What distinguishes Su's work and is likely to continue to make it valuable for the foreseeable future is her extensive use of the Chinese language press, her interviews with Chinese policy makers and others connected to the industry, and her understanding of the process of policy evolution, including a dissection of policy documents over time to reveal the key changes that have opened and expanded the market. For those interested in the industry itself -- and not just film aesthetics and filmic textual analysis -- Su's work should be required reading. -- Stanley Rosen, author of Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market

This book is a vivid thick description on China's tug of war with global Hollywood. Wendy Su walks us through the complex interplay between market and politics in the film industry in today's postsocialist China. -- Anthony Y. H. Fung, author of Global Capital, Local Culture: Transnational Media Corporations in China There is much talk of a 'win-win' partnership today between China and Hollywood. While the investment capital and mass audiences that Hollywood moguls are hungry for can be found in China, Chinese film makers seek the tacit knowledge and 'soft skills' associated with successful Hollywood blockbusters. Wendy Su's forensic account of the recent history of China-Hollywood relations in the film industry captures why such a relationship has not been smooth, with considerable questions about politics, ideology, economic power and cinematic integrity arising in such relations. -- Terry Flew, author of New Media Su has given us an important book on an understudied topic, albeit one that has finally begun to attract the attention it deserves. What distinguishes Su's work and is likely to continue to make it valuable for the foreseeable future is her extensive use of the Chinese language press, her interviews with Chinese policy makers and others connected to the industry, and her understanding of the process of policy evolution, including a dissection of policy documents over time to reveal the key changes that have opened and expanded the market. For those interested in the industry itself -- and not just film aesthetics and filmic textual analysis -- Su's work should be required reading. -- Stanley Rosen, author of Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market

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Wendy Su, assistant professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA is a winner of the Pacific Affairs William J. Holland Prize.

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