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Cold War is a 2012 Hong Kong police procedural action thriller film directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung, starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and guest starring Andy Lau. The film was selected as the opening film at the 17th Busan International Film Festival and released in Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China on 8 November 2012.
Cold War 2 is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese police procedural action thriller film written and directed by Longman Leung and Sunny Luk.
Mar 16, 2024 · From the Cold War to the post-Cold War, Hong Kong’s geopolitical neutrality not only attracted tremendous inflows of capital and talents, but it also enabled the city to be developed into a...
Oct 30, 2023 · Hong Kong’s ideological makeup is now in flux. Long taken for granted for its liminal position between China and the rest of the world, the city had found itself at the frontline of Cold War-style geopolitical rivalries between China and the West since 2019.
The Cold War was a distinct and crucial period in Hong Kong’s evolution and in its relations with China and the rest of the world. Hong Kong was a window through which the West could monitor what was happening in China and an outlet that China could use to keep in touch with the outside world.
Nov 8, 2012 · Cold War: Directed by Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk. With Aaron Kwok, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Charlie Yeung, Ka-Tung Lam. The police department has long been untouchable until tonight when hijackers kidnap 5 highly trained officers. Cryptic messages from the hijackers expose a mole within the task force.
The rejection by Cold War Hong Kong filmmakers and writers of exclusively Western norms in favor of a more nuanced adaptation or appropriation was perhaps one sign of the degree to which Hong Kong, despite being in many respects a Cold War symbol, also escaped from Cold War constraints.
