Based on the changing of historical background, Chinese image has developed from demonized to generally positive, which can be boiled down to the fallowing for stages.
The first is the demonized period. In Doctor No, the protagonist who was from china originally was depicted as a radical and aggressive person. He devoted himself to the development of nuclear weapon so that he can dominate the world. This ideology about China should be attributed to our investigation about atomic power at that time. This situation was changed after national public diplomacy. China has left Britain a refreshing impression: irenic and classical. That's why China was described as a victim and pacifist in Tomorrow Never Dies. But owing to their misinterpretation about traditional Chinese culture, weapons appeared in this movie was depicted in a strange way. The design married traditional elements with modern methods. Like the dragon and hidden weapons that only appeared in kongfu novel. After this period, Britain finally unilateral understanding about Chinese element and described Hongkong a modern city in Died Another Day. However, they still had a prejudice about Chinese personality. In Died another day, they quoted Hongkong's Return in a clownish way. The final formation of their perspective towards China is in Skilful. Due to a series of innovations of technology and the development of Chinese economics, China has propelled herself into the modern age, breaking national boundaries, spreading culture and making the trade between countries more frequent. Chinese national strength has a remarkable improvement. Subsequently, Shanghai was depicted as a highly developed city who has prosperous economic strength and mighty militant force.
Since China is developing at an unprecedented rate,we have every reason to believe that Chinese image will be described in a more positive way in next Bond movie.
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