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This course is an advanced-level Chinese language and Chinese-speaking culture seminar. It examines how films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the diaspora construct and contest Chinese identities. Students will learn to analyze the ways cinema engages questions of heritage, nationalism, migration, gender, class, and generational change while advancing their ability to discuss these issues in Chinese with depth and sophistication. In addition to readings and discussions, students complete a creative final project that tells a story about Chinese identities. By combining rigorous critical study with imaginative work, the course strengthens cultural insight, expressive range, and linguistic proficiency at the advanced level.