Xu HUA
PhD student in Chinese Studies, admitted in 2024
MA in Intercultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BA in English (Culture and Communication), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Born and raised in Guangzhou, I have been deeply engaged in exploring the negotiations in people’s pursuit of local expressions and identifications, alongside the translocal imaginaries and local-national interactions involved. This long-standing interest drives my current research focus on film and media produced in various locales across Guangdong province since the late 1970s. Through the lens of translocality, I pay specific attention to subnational place-to-place connections and imaginations in locations marginal to dominant national and transnational paradigms of Chinese cinema, examining how place-based film and media mediate various scalar and zoning productions in neoliberal post-socialism. More broadly, my research scope also encompasses film co-production, cultural policy and industries, cultural geography, urban cinema, maritime politics, and Chinese-language screen cultures.
My research on 1980s Guangzhou urban films, titled “South China Urban Cinema: Polylocality and a satellite vernacular in 1980s Guangzhou,” has been published in Journal of Chinese Cinemas: https://doi.org/10.1080/17508061.2026.2694009.
Research Interests
- Chinese-language Cinemas
- Film Industry, Policy, and Production Studies
- Topolect (Fangyan) Cinema
- Lingnan Cultural Studies
- Critical Cultural Geography
Current Research Projects
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Translocal Film and Media in Post-reform Guangdong |