...Zhen Zhang Abstract Toward the end of the 1950s, China and the Soviet Union were heading down two different paths, ultimately leading to the disastrous Sino-Soviet split. The Sino-Soviet film coproduction Wind from the East (Feng cong dongfang lai 風從東方來, 1959), a film to celebrate the ten-year...

.... Zhen Zhang's article turns to geopolitics and political ecology to explore how the Sino-Soviet film Feng cong dongfang lai 風從東方來 (Wind from the East) represents natural disasters in the context of the Sino-Soviet split, as well as cooperation during the Cold War era. The film links the political...

... affairs, and an American strategy of containment that encircled its borders with enemies following the Sino-Soviet split. In other words, China's stance toward Taiwan today is a consequence of its rigidified defense to persistent hostilities from the Cold War in Asia. As Perry Anderson points out...

... economy. 9 Turning to the transnational exchanges, Michelle Bloom regards The World as a Sino-French film. She examines the displaced French icons in China, including the copycat Eiffel Tower in the World Park and the counterfeit Louis Vuitton fashion commodities, as well as the displaced Chinese...