Soft-boiled, anti-communist romance: The Story Paper and Liu Yichang's A Singapore Story

Kenny Ng

doi:10.4324/9781003211976-8

Soft-boiled, anti-communist romance: The Story Paper and Liu Yichang's A Singapore Story

Kenny Ng^*

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Academy of Film

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Abstract

Based on a study of Liu Yichang’s writings for a US-financed literary tabloid, this chapter brings into focus the interplay between Cold War transnationalism and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, during the period when Hong Kong served as a key center for print media and publishing. It builds on pioneering studies of US-funded institutions and their mobilization of intermediaries, intellectuals, publishers and writers to participate in locally produced book and newspaper publication programs in an effort to contain communism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Chineseness and the Cold War
Subtitle of host publication	Contested Cultures and Diaspora in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
Editors	Jeremy Taylor, Lanjun Xu
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Chapter	5
Pages	94–109
Number of pages	16
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003211976
ISBN (Print)	9781032078892
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003211976-8
Publication status	Published - 26 Sept 2021

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Soft-boiled, anti-communist romance: The Story Paper and Liu Yichang's A Singapore Story. / Ng, Kenny.
Chineseness and the Cold War: Contested Cultures and Diaspora in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. ed. / Jeremy Taylor; Lanjun Xu. 1st. ed. London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2021. p. 94–109.

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