Publisher's Synopsis
"Together with the development of the Chinese film industry in the 1920s came the birth of the Chinese movie magazine. The first was published in Shanghai in 1921, and more than 300 film related periodicals followed before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and the closing of the last privately owned 'fanzine' in 1951. In addition to Shanghai - the 'Hollywood of the East' - Chinese-language movie magazines sprang up in major urban centers such as Beijing and Hong Kong, the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, and in cities with significant Chinese populations, such as Singapore, Jakarta and Bangkok. The publications' contents were diverse, with around 25% devoted to Hollywood - a major influence - and others focusing exclusively on Chinese films. The cover designs were equally diverse, ranging from sophisticated Art Deco drawings by acclaimed artists to glamorous photos of top Chinese and Hollywood celebrities, includ
