Prof. Christopher Rea, PhD

Professor

Faculty of Arts

Department of Asian Studies

Vancouver Campus

Fields

China, Film / TV, History, Literature / Creative Writing, Pop Culture

Contact Information

chris.rea@ubc.ca

phone: 604-822-5428

http://asia.ubc.ca/persons/christopher-rea/

chinesefilmclassics.org

whereresearchbegins.com

YouTube/ channel/UC-Xdirs4_JYpeyWi46h8kdA

Alternate Contact

Erik Rolfsen

Senior Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.2644

Cell: 604.209.3048

Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca

Expertise

Modern Chinese language, culture, history, literature, and cinema, modern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, undergraduate research, graduate research, research methodology, fraud, translation, celebrity culture in Asia,

Languages

English

Mandarin

In the Media

Stop telling students to ‘narrow down’ their topic – Inside Higher Ed China signals cultural shift with tattoo ban in football as the game – and modern society – continues to embrace ink – South China Morning Post UBC professor translates first surviving Mulan film from the 1930s – Vancouver Sun Should Foreigners Choose Sinicized Chinese Names? – Sing Tao Chinese Everywhere: Scholars See The Language’s Increasing Importance – Sing Tao Pai Hsien-yung Reveals the True History of the Republic – Ming Pao Daily News What Onion saga says about China’s sense of humor – CNN China’s Canadian Casting Call: They’ve Got the Money, We’ve Got the Talent – The Globe and Mail

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