“Xinfang” (信訪, literally “letters and visits”) can be described broadly as a method of “appealing to those at the top to clear up problems left…

The Anti-extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement (Anti-ELAB) in 2019 was undoubtedly the most significant social movement in post-handover Hong Kong. Its unprecedented scale could be…

Jia Zhangke’s 贾樟柯 film oeuvre has been commonly discussed within the framework of realism (Cui 2006; McGrath 2007; Veg 2007; Berry 2009; Zhang 2009; Cheung…