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Streaming tips to help you celebrate Chinese New Year with great cinema.
9 February 2021
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
During the DVD era, the availability of Chinese language cinema in the UK was broadly divided between furious kung fu flicks and critically acclaimed arthouse titles. Many of the best examples of both camps have made the transfer to streaming platforms, but the chasm in between has also been addressed. Indeed, it’s now possible to stream the classics of China’s golden age, recent local crowd-pleasers and the socially incisive dramas that are being produced in Taiwan. Here are some recommendations to get started.