Summary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONCLiu, Bin
Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUSummary: In the early 1600s, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. The new government immediately imposes a martial arts ban, forbidding the practice of martial arts altogether in order to gain control.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEVSummary: Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHSummary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MULCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Mulan 2013Summary: An orphan boy is raised to seek vengeance on the clan leaders who murdered his parents. He takes lessons from an old Shaolin monk who is embedded in a boulder and sets out to find the killers. But before he can deliver justice, he must unite rival factions to fight a far greater evil plaguing the land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Beverly Wilshire Filmsworks Inc. 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LORSummary: "Two homicidal grifters perversely turn the tables on a corrupt system of unregulated mines and negligent owners by befriending fellow miners, murdering them in staged 'accidents', and then passing their victims off as relatives in order to pocket their employer's hush money"--Cntainer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLISummary: When a shy small-town boy heads to Beijing for violin lessons, he discovers a new world filled with first loves, lasting friendships ... and a secret that will change his life forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOGSummary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2017Liu, Tao Tao
Summary: "This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many around the world are familiar with some aspects of Chinese myth - through Chinese New Year festivities or the classic adventures of the Monkey King in Journey to the West - few outside of China understand the richness of Chinese mythology, influenced by Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Offering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.5 LIUSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FARCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARSummary: A family patriarch and all but two of his sons are brutally wiped out in a bloody battle with a rival family. One surviving son returns to his mother and two sisters, driven mad with grief; the other escapes and joins a nearby monastery while in hiding. Once he learns his sister has been captured by their enemies, however, the warrior-turned-monk realizes he must renounce his peaceful ideals in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Could China take over the wine world? Cynthia Howson and Pierre Ly explore how Chinese wine went from being ignored and ridiculed to earning gold medals and praise by famous critics in less than a decade. Wine made in... China? Until recently, for most people, at best, it didn't exist. Or at worst, as one colorful tasting note described, it evoked: "ash tray, coffee grounds, and urinal crust."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 HOWSummary: Groomed for power by the Dowager Empress, three-year-old Aisin-Gioro Puyi ascended China's imperial throne in 1908. This program illustrates the early years of his sporadic reign, his education under Scottish tutor Reginald Johnston, and the shifting of his political fortunes at the mercy of international events. Puyi's eviction from the Forbidden City during his teenage years, his Westernized...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: August 16, 1945: the end of World War II and the capture of Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Manchukuo's Japanese-controlled regent, by the Soviet Army. This program depicts what befell the former Chinese emperor during his captivity in Russia, his eventual extradition to Communist China, and his troubled life under Mao's regime. Through archival footage, detailed interviews, and excerpts from Puyi's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Summary: Han Han is the most influential (and provocative) young person in China, equally beloved and reviled for the satirical wit with which he takes on everyone from corrupt politicians to ludicrous protesters. In this collection of essays, he tackles everything from Internet culture in a country that censors the Internet to his own escapades driving around with fake police IDs and a megaphone, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 890 HANSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPTan, Lucy
Summary: "After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that her treasured ivory...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TANSummary: A lavish Chinese epic, set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil: forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed. The second disc contains several in-depth bonus features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dragon Dynasty 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEGSummary: An undercover policeman infiltrates a major drug ring and works his way to the position of heir apparent. When the leader of the syndicate becomes ill, the lure of power and money cause him to question his true identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PROConfucius.
Summary: The classic collection of conversations and sayings by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, containing his teachings on ethics, politics, and religion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 181 CONSummary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000