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Chinese Box
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<p><i>Chinese Box</i> is a 1997 <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">movie</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Wayne_Wang/NzvkqmVv">Wayne Wang</a> and starring <a href="/facts/Jeremy_Irons/mDWms09t">Jeremy Irons</a>, <a href="/facts/Gong_Li/0ygJUwvt">Gong Li</a>, <a href="/facts/Maggie_Cheung/zhp4XQB2">Maggie Cheung</a> and <a href="/facts/Michael_Hui/Xd52tePt">Michael Hui</a>. </p><p>The movie is set and was made at the time of <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a>'s <a href="/facts/Handover_of_Hong_Kong/Wv4sKyMv">handover</a> to the <a href="/facts/People%27s_Republic_of_China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a> on June 30, 1997. The film credits <a href="/facts/Paul_Theroux/AInV6EK7">Paul Theroux</a> as a source for the story, based on themes he explores in his 1997 novel <i><a href="/facts/Kowloon_Tong_(novel)/z07I8buU">Kowloon Tong</a></i>. </p>