Contradictory Realities a Chinese queer cinemas as a phenomenon in festival and art house circuit(Lim 2006) image-making(of a new and open china) and international fascination cater to global film-viewing subject a Internationally recognized while domestically banned media censorship and sym bolic annihilation of homosexuality few exceptions in recent years◼ Contradictory Realities  Chinese queer cinemas as a phenomenon in festival and art house circuit (Lim 2006) ◼ image-making (of a new and open China) and international fascination ◼ cater to global film-viewing subject  Internationally recognized while domestically banned ◼ media censorship and symbolic annihilation of homosexuality ◼ few exceptions in recent years