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<b>The year's best in Chinese cinema studies, published in English for the first time.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> The annual <i>Beijing Film Academy Yearbook</i> continues to showcase the best academic debates, discussions, and research published in the prestigious <i>Journal of Beijing Film Academy</i> from the previous year. This volume brings together specially selected articles, appearing for the first time in English, to bridge the gap in cross-cultural research in cinema and media studies.<br> <br> <br> <br> This book is the latest offering in the Intellect China Library series, which publishes work by Chinese scholars that have not previously been available to English-language academia. Covering the subjects of film studies, visual arts, performing arts, media, and cultural studies, the series aims to foster intellectual debate and promote closer cross-cultural intellectual exchanges by introducing important works of Chinese scholarship to readers.