China. Her current research project, ‘Cross-cultural Communication in Chinese Films’, comprises three main research areas relating to East-West, cross-cultural cinema: The national character of Chinese film in a cross-cultural context; The internationalisation of Chinese films in a cross-cultural context; Conflict and integration of culture: a study of successful cases of cross-cultural communication in recent Chinese films. Her book A study on the narrative structure of Chinese films was published by Southeast University Press in 2010.