tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post6837554438864740685..comments2023-09-15T07:10:44.140-07:00Comments on Favorite Hong Kong actresses: Jet Li and accceptance of emigrationewafflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post-9822897996205062592009-12-07T23:40:46.860-08:002009-12-07T23:40:46.860-08:00The odd thing here is that in Chinese tradition, t...The odd thing here is that in Chinese tradition, the wife always moves to her husband's place of residence, and is no longer considered to belong to her original home, so Gong Li is just doing what Chinese women have been expected to do for millennia.Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post-41423571342696097462009-11-25T21:48:43.145-08:002009-11-25T21:48:43.145-08:00"But the problem is which to prioritise as we..."But the problem is which to prioritise as well as to remember that sometimes there really are other, more pertinent factors in play."<br /><br />Hmm--You mean that facts may get in the way of my theories? I will have to give that some thought. :-)ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post-52786916104400910062009-11-25T06:09:48.980-08:002009-11-25T06:09:48.980-08:00Hi ewaffle --
"As on old fashioned post-mode...Hi ewaffle --<br /><br />"As on old fashioned post-modernist..."<br /><br />Teeheehee at that somewhat oxymoronic notion! ;D<br /><br />"...I tend to see many (most) issues like this through the prisms of race, class or gender--all three whenever possible"<br /><br />I think it would be remiss not to do so. But the problem is which to prioritise as well as to remember that sometimes there really are other, more pertinent factors in play.<br /><br />More than incidentally, I brought up the Gong Li vs Jet Li subject with a Mainland Chinese colleague/friend today. Her answer: the reason for the differentiation is that Jet Li was considered "lost"/gone from the Mainland years/decades earlier -- first, to Hong Kong (where he made all those movies, including those in which he excelled as a Cantonese -- vs Chinese per se -- hero in the form of Wong Fei Hung), then to the US before heading to Singapore. Whereas Gong Li was seen as out and out (Mainland) Chinese -- and yes, not least because she was a member of the CPPCC. Hence the shock upon her "betrayal" of renouncing her Chinese citizenship to become something else (i.e., Singaporean).YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post-40637083571838660032009-11-24T09:15:03.871-08:002009-11-24T09:15:03.871-08:00You are right--a lot of the comments at the time c...You are right--a lot of the comments at the time cited Gong Li's membership in the CPPCC. That she was still a member and was being considered for re-appointmemt when she announced her emigration showed a lack of respect for institutions of the Chinese government and Party. <br /><br />As on old fashioned post-modernist I tend to see many (most) issues like this through the prisms of race, class or gender--all three whenever possible ;-> and would continue to assert that part of the huge difference in reaction is based on more than her CPPCC membership.ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483310749579215048.post-40380861351102299782009-11-24T05:04:55.700-08:002009-11-24T05:04:55.700-08:00"There are probably a lot of reasons for this..."There are probably a lot of reasons for this disparity in reaction..."<br /><br />I think for me, the most obvious thing is that Gong Li was a National People's Congress member for a time -- ditto Zhang Yimou, more than incidentally -- whereas Jet Li never was.<br /><br />http://china.org.cn/english/2003lh/index25.htmYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.com