Screening China : China in popular geopolitics, 2000-2009
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2010

Looking at global box-office winners from the years 2000-2009, this paper finds that the China we encounter on the silver screen, is rarely an antagonist. It is not a China that follows traditional Yellow Peril stereotypes. On the contrary, China might be the saviour of the world, as it is in 2012. Three broad, slightly overlapping categories have been defined to order the Chinese representations.\n\nFirst we have the 'Magic Kingdom'. Including representations in such movies as Kung Fu Panda, Fa