Sin Wen Lau

Disney

June 27, 2023

An unlikely hero: American Born Chinese challenges the model minority myth

Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Deakin University and Sin Wen Lau, University of Otago

American Born Chinese is a recent addition to stories of young people who grapple with what it means to be successful.

Shutterstock

November 22, 2021

Little red children and ‘Grandpa Xi’: China’s school textbooks reflect the rise of Xi Jinping’s personality cult

Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Deakin University and Sin Wen Lau, University of Otago

New school textbooks in China focus less on the Chinese Communist Party and more on its figurehead Xi Jinping. The growing cultivation of a personality cult is reminiscent of the days of Mao Zedong.

Disney

September 15, 2020

Disney’s Mulan tells women to know their place

Sin Wen Lau, University of Otago and Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Deakin University

The story of Mulan has been told and retold for 1,600 years. This latest version is more conservative, when it comes to a woman’s place, than one told in the 17th century.

Ne Zha is a rebellious boy with supernatural powers who wreaks havoc – and he is a box-office phenomenon. Chengdu Coco Cartoon

October 21, 2019

Can Ne Zha, the Chinese superhero with $1b at the box office, teach us how to raise good kids?

Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Deakin University and Sin Wen Lau, University of Otago

Chinese animated film Ne Zha is a box office phenomenon, but it also has a surprising story to tell about raising the ideal ‘guai’ child – for the family, and for the state.

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An unlikely hero: American Born Chinese challenges the model minority myth

Little red children and ‘Grandpa Xi’: China’s school textbooks reflect the rise of Xi Jinping’s personality cult

Disney’s Mulan tells women to know their place

Can Ne Zha, the Chinese superhero with $1b at the box office, teach us how to raise good kids?

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