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‘The Adept’: Rebooting wuxia, China’s ancient literary genre

'The Adept' is the first of what will be five interconnected comic franchises created by Immortal Studios. Together, they reimagine one of China's oldest literary genres for a modern Western audience.

Zijia Song December 3, 2020

Sinica

The wuxia storyverse of Peter Shiao

This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with the Los Angeles–based film producer Peter Shiao about his vision of bringing wuxia 武侠 — a genre that...

Kaiser Kuo

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