The Forbidden City Night Club (Culture & Tourism Volume) – American New Lifestyle Series: Culture & Tourism Volume

Author: Han Xiaohui
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: All 80 authors of this book are from the United States. A very small portion are native-born American Chinese, a small part are technical immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the majority are students who came from mainland China after the 1980s. Except for a few, they are basically not writers, nor are they part of the literary world. They are engineers, teachers, businesspeople, company employees, artists, workers, and housewives. Although writing is not their profession, it is also a way of life and expression for many of them.
Content of the Book: It is also a matter of recent years that directors such as the Taiwanese director Ang Lee, the mainland director Zhang Yimou, and the Hong Kong director John Woo, as well as actors like Jackie Chan and Chen Chong, have begun to have a place in the American entertainment industry. Before that, the early Chinese Americans who were well-known in the entertainment industry could be counted on one hand, such as Anna May Wong and Bruce Lee in later years. The male and female artists of the "Forbidden City" nightclub in San Francisco, who were in vogue in the 1940s to 1960s, also tried to break into Hollywood, but all failed. However, the efforts and dedication they put into breaking down racial and cultural barriers are highly commendable by later generations of Chinese compatriots.