Under "Western Eyes": The Personal Odyssey of Huang Fei-Hong in Once upon a Time in China

Rather than being read in exclusively postmodernist terms, Tsui Hark's series Once upon a Time in China may be understood as a new version of a Hong Kong cinematic discourse involving historical "interflow." It deals with dispersion, China's relationship to the outside world, and strategic forms of reintegration designed to strengthen national identity.